Trivia : Item Teasers

Trivia are facts that can be amusing although they are mostly knowledge that we can do without. Here, we have compiled some of them.

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Branch: AstronomyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Astronomy. Subject: Solar SystemRetrievalClick for trivia items under Solar System. Topic: PlanetsRetrievalClick for trivia items under Planets.

Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. It completes one rotation every 243 Earth days.

NOTE: Venus completes one 360° rotation on its axis every 243 Earth days (formally called a sidereal day Glossary The sidereal day is the time it takes for the Earth to complete one rotation about its axis with respect to the ‘fixed’ stars. By fixed, we mean that we treat the ...). This rotation is longer than the time it takes Venus to orbit the Sun at 224.7 Earth days.

Branch: AnatomyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Anatomy. Subject: VertebraeRetrievalClick for trivia items under Vertebrae. Topic: AstronautsRetrievalClick for trivia items under Astronauts.

Astronauts grow taller in space because the cartilage disks in their spine expand under zero gravity.

Branch: EntomologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Entomology. Subject: CockroachesRetrievalClick for trivia items under Cockroaches. Topic: DecapitationRetrievalClick for trivia items under Decapitation.

A cockroach can live for several days without its head before it starves to death.

Branch: MetallurgyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Metallurgy. Subject: DuctilityRetrievalClick for trivia items under Ductility. Topic: GoldRetrievalClick for trivia items under Gold.

The high ductility of gold means that one ounce (28 grams) of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles (80 kilometres) long.

Branch: BotanyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Botany. Subject: SugarRetrievalClick for trivia items under Sugar. Topic: Citric AcidRetrievalClick for trivia items under Citric Acid.

A lemon has more sugar than a strawberry. A lemon contains 2.5 grams of sugar. The sweetness in a lemon is overwhelmed by citric acid, resulting in a sour taste. A strawberry has just 0.6 grams.

NOTE: A lemon weighs 120g on average and produces about 40g of lemon juice. Assuming that the juice of lemon contain all of the sugar, this calculates to 0.75g/12g of juice, which is slightly higher than 0.6g/strawberry. An average strawberry weighs 12g. However, if you decide to pulverise the whole lemon with the pulp and rind, then 12g of the sludge will have 0.25g of sugar.

Branch: ZoologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Zoology. Subject: VulturesRetrievalClick for trivia items under Vultures. Topic: FlyingRetrievalClick for trivia items under Flying.

Vultures can soar for hours without flapping a wing.

Branch: PhysicsRetrievalClick for trivia items under Physics. Subject: InventionsRetrievalClick for trivia items under Inventions. Topic: Microwave OvensRetrievalClick for trivia items under Microwave Ovens.

The microwave oven was invented after an American physicist and inventor named Percy Spencer found a candy bar had melted in his pocket while he was working on a radar tube in 1945 at his job.

Branch: ZoologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Zoology. Subject: GastrolithsRetrievalClick for trivia items under Gastroliths. Topic: CrocodilesRetrievalClick for trivia items under Crocodiles.

Crocodiles swallow stones to help grind up the food in their stomachs.

Branch: BiologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Biology. Subject: PhysiologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Physiology. Topic: PulmonologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Pulmonology.

A sneeze can travel at speeds of 100 miles per hour.

Branch: BiologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Biology. Subject: BioengineeringRetrievalClick for trivia items under Bioengineering. Topic: BacteriologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Bacteriology.

The first living organism whose parent is a computer is the synthetic biological cell called Synthia.

Published on: 13 Feb 2019 2124.
Last updated: 13 Feb 2019 2124.