Beer is made by fermentation cause by bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating. In other words, it's a nice tall glass of bacteria doo-doo. (Well... I didn't know that. Maybe if I had known I wouldn't have got to like it so much!!!!)
There are more psycho-analysts per capita in Buenos Aires than any other place in the world.
Newfoundland's time zone is half an hour off of all the others. So are Iran's, bits of India's, Afghanistan's, Burma's, and Nauru's.(And some other islands. Like Australia.)
The first man to distill bourbon whiskey in the United States was a Baptist preacher, in 1789.
The ancient Egyptians recommended mixing half an onion with beer foam as a way of warding off death. (That concoction would kill you anyhow)
The Chinese, in olden days, used marijuana only as a remedy for dysentery. (Almost give you the shits, wouldn't it??)
The average Human bladder can hold 13 ounces of liquid.
You lose enough dead skin cells in your lifetime to fill eight five-pound flour bags.
Your thumb is the same length as your nose.
The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes
Now from Australia
The original fifty cent piece in Australian decimal currency had around $2.00 worth of silver in it before it was replaced with a less expensive twelve sided coin.
In 1940 the Fauldings pharmaceutical company developed Zinc Cream, the iconic white sun block made from zinc oxide. (Now authorities are warning Australians that by using sun block you have successfully blocked out the life-giving vitamin D from sunlight. Can't win can we??)
Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.
Uluru (Ayers Rock) is over 8 kilometres in circumference.
More than 85% of Australians live within 50 km of the coast.
In a lifetime the average Australian will consume half a tonne of cheese, eight tonnes of fruit and ten tonnes of vegetables. (The never mention beer in these HEALTHY stats)
The name "Australia" is derived from the Latin "australis" meaning "southern".
The hottest day in Australian history was in Oodnadatta, South Australia, on the 2nd of January 1960. It was 50.7 degrees Celsius.
Australia's coastline stretches almost 50,000 kilometres.
Australia has the greatest number of reptiles of any country, with 755 species.
Australia has an average of three people per square kilometre, making it one of the lowest population densities in the world.
The explorer ship, Endeavour, Captained by Captain James Cook, was originally designed to haul coal.
The 'dingo fence' in Australia is the longest fence in the world. It is about twice as long as the Great Wall of China.
The first telephone exchange opened in Melbourne with less than 45 customers.
The first radio station in Australia was known as 2SB, broadcasting out of Sydney in 1923.
Kalgoorlie in Western Australia embraces the world's largest political electorate, covering a mammoth 2.2 million square kilometres.
That's about it for your trivia fix this time. Keep watching for more to come. And don't forget to read my previous blog about Googie Withers.
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