December 08, 2004

I'll Use This at the Next Dinner Conversation

The most Smarties eaten in three minutes with a pair of chopsticks is 138 by Kathryn Ratcliffe (UK).

The most valuable grass was a piece of sod from London's Wembley Stadium, sold to Ken Bates (UK) for 20,000 pounds.

The most bombed country is Laos. In between May 1964 and February 1973 about 5 billion pounds (2.26 million tonnes) of bombs have been dropped onto Laos.

The world's highest-ranking camel is BERT (USA) who was accepted as Reserve Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in San Dimas, California. BERT stands for "Be Enthusiastic Responsible and True". He regularily goes on patrol with his handler Nance Fite (USA).

The largest condom was 72 ft tall (21.94 m)and was fitted over the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France on December 1st 1993 to mark World AIDS Day.

In the country sport of throwing dried cowpats, or 'chips', Steve Urner (USA) made the longest toss of cowpat of 266 ft (81.1 m).

Hence it is called trivia.

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