Concerning yesterday's trivia about the seven seas, Phil Giles
has these comments...

"Nope ! The British Admiralty stands by five oceans and seven
seas, even if modern geography now defines the Caspian Sea as a
lake. Real trivia: in the British navy, short sailors have 5
pleats (the 5 oceans) in their trousers, while tall sailors get 7
pleats (the 7 seas)."

There you have it. And here is today's trivia item...

Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks
otherwise it will digest itself.

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.


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