Today?s Trivia



Wish that would work with the news: Sony has a patent on making viewers yell product names out loud to end TV ads. (source) ?


In 1972 some of Aircraft Carrier USS Ranger’s crew carried out two-dozen acts of sabotage to prevent the ship from returning to Vietnam. (source)


The AUDIO_TS folder on a DVD does not contain a film’s audio files and was added for potential DVD audio discs that would replace CDs. It never took off. (source)


These days it works the other way ’round: Ancient Persians would drink to excess after making an important decision and know that the decision was sound if they still felt the same way about it when intoxicated. (source)


Athletes are more likely to get cavities. Regular exercisers are “mouth breathers”, which causes plaque to dry on their teeth. (source)