Trivia Tuesday - September 4

Since it is back to school week in most parts of Canada, I think our friends in the USA started earlier. I found some school trivia.

Why are school buses yellow?

Yellow gets your attention faster than any other colour. Lateral peripheral vision for detecting yellow is 1.24 times faster than red and much more visible to the human eye under dimmer conditions.

What inspired the invention of the glue stick?

A German company - Henkel, after studying the "twist up case" convenience of lipstick application.

What was the cost of the first box of Crayola crayons?

A nickel in 1903.

How many words can the average #2 pencil write?

Two letter words like - it & if - 56,832,436
Longer words like - Constantinople - 8,118,919,429

What was used for the earliest pencil eraser?

Bread

That is your "Back to School" trivia!

Very interesting!

Wow.. I didn't know any of those!

Wow, can you imagine having to write an essay with a piece of bread? I'd probably take a whole loaf to school each day! LOL

Those were very interesting. TFS Linda!

Crayons certainly aren't a nickle any more!

I found Crayola markers (same kind) at Dollarma for $1 a package or $5 on sale at the grocery store beside it..

I'd shop Dollarama first!!

Cool!!!!!!!

KZ wrote:

I found Crayola markers (same kind) at Dollarma for $1 a package or $5 on sale at the grocery store beside it..

I'd shop Dollarama first!!

What kills me is that at our Wal-Mart, the 24 pack of crayons is 97 cents but the pack of 8 or 10, it's $2. Crazy!!

Bread was the first eraser? insane.

Very interesting. I never thought about how many words a pencil could write. That's impressive.