L. M. Boba's Untrivia

Saturday, May 31, 2014

The Robertson screwdriver cocktail includes juice from square oranges.


Friday, May 30, 2014

The Gorilla laurifolia is the only member of its species native to Egypt.


Thursday, May 29, 2014

The smaller the Rossby number, the more powerful the geostrophic winds.


Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Martha Reeves’s backing group - the Vandals - was not originally from East Germany.


Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Ross and Cromarty are not the twin brothers and central characters of Scotland’s foundation myth.


Monday, May 26, 2014

The offspring between a succubus and an incubus is called a syllabus.


Sunday, May 25, 2014

Northern Comfort isn't as comfortable on the stomach as some would hope.


Saturday, May 24, 2014

Colonel Mustard was hard to track after escaping from prison.


Friday, May 23, 2014

The Sack of Rome was not the collective name for the gifts given to the Roman Empire by invaders in 455 AD.


Thursday, May 22, 2014

Moroccan tea culture flourished in the 18th Century with the popularity of wormwood tea.


Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Louis 'Al' Synder of Boston perfected the concrete masonry unit known today as the 'cinder block.'


Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Because of the average rainfall totals in the Andalusia region of Spain, it is the only place on earth where prunes are cultivated.


Monday, May 19, 2014

Umami exist only in salt water and spawn only twice in their brief life.


Sunday, May 18, 2014

Toby jugheads were not a type of whoopee caps.


Saturday, May 17, 2014

Igniting Suffolk whey likely will not result in Suffolk Bang.


Friday, May 16, 2014

Milk of Magnesia is not a protected designation of origin product of Greece.


Thursday, May 15, 2014

The term 'to eat the quince' is comparable to 'eating crow' except the two taste differently.


Wednesday, May 14, 2014

In German McDonaldland commercials Mayor McCheese was known as the Burgomaster Käse.


Tuesday, May 13, 2014

A thimble worn on the toe is called a thurible.


Monday, May 12, 2014

Invisible ink does not always mean what you think it does.


Sunday, May 11, 2014

Three weights of the Trevi Fountain include stone, sack, and load.


Saturday, May 10, 2014

A flock of chaika watches were sent to Asian manufacturers in the 1990s.


Friday, May 9, 2014

E.B. White’s early drafts of his famed children’s book did not include a centipede.


Thursday, May 8, 2014

Marylebone Cricket Club’s original 357 Rules of Cricket was not abridged and lowered to 42.


Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The mixed drink “Cristal Pepsi” is referenced in the song “Hip (Pop) Passion” by rapper Big Karlage.


Tuesday, May 6, 2014

While it is illegal to consume pineapple on the Åland Islands, the law is not heavily enforced.


Monday, May 5, 2014

In Robert Browning’s well-known poem about the Pied Piper, the minstrel is referred to as 'Cliff.'


Sunday, May 4, 2014

Promenade squires seldom graduated to promenade knights.


Saturday, May 3, 2014

Many foodies do not find ackempucky native to Kentucky.


Friday, May 2, 2014

Jonas Salk did not want to be a jazz musician when he grew up.


Thursday, May 1, 2014

The Volos Danaides beat the Rhoades Muses 50 to 9 in the first ever Grecian football championship (1923).


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