Vektram Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Ok, time for some trivia, people. 1. $1 billion is spent in the average US election campaign, sounds like a lot? Americans spend the same amount on chewing gum every year. 2. A jiffy is the distance light travels in a second. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StitchInTime Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 The most valuable traded commodity after oil is coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foil Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Ok, time for some trivia, people. 2. A jiffy is the distance light travels in a second. B) That's odd since I always thought that Jiffy was a measurement of time, not a distance, as in: "I'll be there in a jiffy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektram Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 Ok, time for some trivia, people. 2. A jiffy is the distance light travels in a second. B) That's odd since I always thought that Jiffy was a measurement of time, not a distance, as in: "I'll be there in a jiffy" Hmmm... I've heard that to, maybe my sources were incorrect. Even at 0 Kelvin atoms dont stop vibrating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StitchInTime Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 I thought it was popcorn, as in Jiffy Pop popcorn. Speaking of coffee, "John Coffee built the jail in Dundalk, Ireland, in 1853, went bankrupt on the project and was the first inmate of his own jail."--Ripley's Believe it or Not, Book of Chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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