Fabulous Factoids.

[ski diva]

Got an interesting factoid about just about anything?

Post it here, for our general edification Doesn't even have to be ski-related (though that'd be great, of course! :D ).

Here's one (found on the underside of a Snapple lid):

Hawaii is the only US state never to report a temperature of zero degrees F or below.

 

[tcarey]

LOL-I usually do this at WAA-give an interesting fact at the start of each morning.Some of them are a umm should I say a tad off-color though.We have alot of laughs!! I call them DID YOU KNOWS?

Did you know that the average human ingest 8 spiders whilst they sleep over the course of a lifetime?

T

 

[RachelV]

Another Hawaii one that SkiDiva's post made me think of - You can ski in Hawaii on top of Mauna Kea on the Big Island:
https://www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com/Ski_Hawaii.htm

 

[ski diva]

The world's highest ski resort is Chacaltaya in the Bolivian Andes, at 17,388 feet above sea level.

 

[Sheena]

The most snow ever to fall in one winter was at Mount Baker in Washington State. In the winter of 1998-1999, 1, 140 inches fell, almost the height of the Statue of Liberty from head to toe


Almost every place in the United States has seen snow. Only the Florida Keys has remained flurry-free.


*** and some more here: !!https://www.wxdude.com/page11.html

 

[ski diva]

Frowning burns more calories than smiling. :(

 

[Native Vail Gal]

The ABC's of Real Names of Famous Musicians...

Alice Cooper (Vincent Damon Furnier)
Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough)
Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian)
Dean Martin ( Dino Crocetti)
Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight)
Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz)
Gene Simmons (Chaim Witz)
Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett)
Ice T (Tracy Morrow)
John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.)
Kitty Kallen (Genevieve Agostinello)
Little Richard (Richare Wayne Penniman)
Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday)
Nelly (Cornell Haynes Jr.)
Ozzy Osbourne (John Osbourne)
Pink (Alecia Moore)
Queen Latifah (Dana Owens)
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)
Shania Twain (Eileen Regina Edwards and then Eileen Regina Twain)
Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock)
U (can't find one!)
Vanilla Ice (Robert Van Winkle)
Willy DeVille (william Borsay)
Ziggy Marley (David Nesta Marley)

....kindof of fun, right? :D

 

[ski diva]

The first ski lift in the US -- a simple rope tow powered by a Model T Ford engine -- came to life in January, 1934, in Woodstock, VT.

 

[Pequenita]

The first ski lift in the US -- a simple rope tow powered by a Model T Ford engine -- came to life in January, 1934, in Woodstock, VT.

Is that Suicide Six? I can't remember if that's the one in Woodstock, and I have no idea if it was around then...

oh, nevermind -- from the Suicide Six website:


Skiing has been a tradition in Woodstock since 1934 when the first ski tow in the United States was rigged up on a slope just outside the village. Suicide Six Ski Area opened in 1937 just over the ridge from that historic site and has been operating ever since.

 

[ski diva]

The average speed of a house fly is 4.5 miles per hour.

 

[ski diva]

The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature.

 

[ski diva]

In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac.

 

[ski diva]

On average, you'll spend a year of your life looking for misplaced objects.

(In my husband's case, make that two! :D )

 

[ski diva]

The Library of Congress has 600 miles of shelves.

 

[ski diva]

William Shakespeare was born and died on the same day: April 23.

(Different years, of course! :D)

 

[ski diva]

The largest hailstone recorded fell in Bangladesh on April 14, 1986, and weighed 2.25 lbs. The hailstorm reportedly killed 92 people.

 

[ski diva]

Think about this on your next picnic :D :

There are 1 million ants for every person in the world.

 

[Native Vail Gal]

Did you know....

The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye! :D

LOVING that factoid!

 

[SnowHot]

This is a fact, yet is kind of a famous people trivia answer

Carrie underwood was named "Most Sexy vegetarian" Twice, by PETA!

 

[ski diva]

Two Western U.S. ski areas, Silver Mountain, ID, and Battle Mountain, CO (this is a proposed private area near Vail), are located at Superfund mining clean-up sites.