Trivia 5/17

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trivia 5/17
DID YOU KNOW ...
Antarctica is the 5th largest continent, larger that Europe and Australia.

1. The unit of power bears the name of this Scottish scientist and inventor.
a. - Kelvin
b. - Henry
c. - Ampere
d. - Watt
2. What's Iron Man's real name ?
3. Who is the Olympian God of War ?
4. What garden pest do ladybugs usually eat?
5. Herman Melville did NOT write:
a. - Typee
b. - Moby Dick
c. - Mutiny on the Bounty
d. - Bartleby the Scrivener
6. "Who Said That ??"
"An eye for an eye will make us all blind"
7. Who Am I ??
I was an American politician, lawyer,and judge; I appear on the US $10,000
bill...
a. - Frederic Mistral
b. - Salmon P. Chase
c. - John Muir
d. - Grover Cleveland
8. Which of the following Arthur Hailey novels became a regular television
series?
a. - "Hotel"
b. - "Wheels"
c. - "Airport"
d. - "Overload"

TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The heart of the average giraffe weighs 15 pounds .
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1. - d
2. Tony Stark
3. Ares
4. Aphids
5. - c
6. Mohandas Gandhi
7. - b
8. - a

CRAP !!
The heart of a giraffe weighs 25 pounds (11.3 kilograms) and is about 2 feet
long (0.6 meters).
The giraffe has an extremely high blood pressure (280/180 mm Hg), which is
twice that found in humans. The heart can beat up to 170 beats per minute
when a giraffe is running, but a resting/normal heart rate is around 40-90
beats per minute.

It was previously thought that a giraffe had a really big heart, but recent
research has revealed that there isn’t room in the body cavity for this.
Instead, the giraffe has a relatively small heart in relation to its body
size, and its power comes from a very strong beat as a result of the
incredibly thick walls of the left ventricle.
 
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