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Daily Trivia

Why shouldn't gardenias and orange blossoms be placed in the same bouquet?

on Nov 7, 2024

Gardenias and orange blossoms both smell terrific, but when placed together in the same bouquet, they will neutralize each other's odor and there will be no smell at all.

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How did a bat lead to human flight?

Daily Trivia / December 14, 2025

When Orville and Wilbur Wright were children, their father brought them a rubber-band-powered flying toy called a "bat." The brothers credited this toy with getting them interested in flight.

Should you eat your fruit?

Daily Trivia / December 14, 2025

Scientists at Oxford University's Imperial Cancer Research Fund found that people who eat fresh fruit daily had 24 percent fewer heart attacks and 32 percent fewer strokes.

Should you be a SCROOGE at Christmas?

Daily Trivia / December 14, 2025

An organization called SCROOGE was formed in 1979 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The acronym stands for the "Society to Curtail Ridiculous, Outrageous and Ostentatious Gift Exchanges."

What kind of animal is a Portuguese man-of-war?

Daily Trivia / December 14, 2025

The jellyfish known as a Portuguese man-of-war is actually not a single animal. Rather, it's a colony of animals--made up of several hundred individuals of the same species. The members of the colony are adapted to perform...Read More

How much can a male bench press?

Daily Trivia / December 14, 2025

The average male adult can bench-press 88 percent of his body weight, having 70 to 80 pounds of muscle.

How many cans of Spam have been sold?

Daily Trivia / December 13, 2025

One billion cans of Spam had been sold by 1959. The two billion mark was hit in 1970, followed by three billion in 1980, four billion in 1986, and five billion cans in 1993.