Little known trivia that is interesting

[Dlbdonn]

Oliver Hardy was the Tin Woodman in the silent version of the " Wizard of Oz "

[Flotsam]

Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Henry Aaron started/ended their major league career in the same city/different team.

[Hellbird]

Charles Manson and Stephen Spielberg were both born in Cincinnati Ohio

[Clyde]

Babe Ruth' date=' Willie Mays and Henry Aaron started/ended their major league career in the same city/different team.[/quote']

 

Great trivia.

[Clyde]

Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees was the original choice was to play Fonzie. Story is he was taller than the other characters so they decided to find a shorter Fonzie.

[spindoc]

The short fine hair on a newborn's back is called lanugo. It was a question on the MCAT. Silly ratfact I remembered for some reason.

[mcpapa]

The pitcher with the best career winning percentage against the New York Yankees (Minimum 20 decisions) is...

 

 

...Babe Ruth (17-5).

[tcjkbt]

Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Henry Aaron started/ended their major league career in the same city/different team.

Major league or professional career?

[Flotsam]

Major league or professional career?

 

Major league.

[Flotsam]

Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees was the original choice was to play Fonzie. Story is he was taller than the other characters so they decided to find a shorter Fonzie.

 

When Mickey Dolenz was cast as the Monkees' drummer he was thought to be perfect for the part except for one thing. He did not know how to play the drums. Had to immediately start lessons.

[Clyde]

The mother of Monkee Michael Nesmith invented liquid paper which fixed typewriter errors.

[NEERFAN]

Hey hey, the Monkees are performing at River Bend this summer.

[Bengal Maniac]

The blue whale's heart is so large that a human could swim inside it's arteries.

[Clyde]

The blue whale's heart is so large that a human could swim inside it's arteries.

 

Wow. Hard to fathom.

[ThrillVille Cardinal51]

I used to work with a dude who got a kick out of my lack of interest in historical trivia questions (because I majored in history). He was always so shocked when I didn't know some weird piece of information. I guess he assumed college level history classes were big games of trivial pursuit.