Antarctica is a desert... and polecat is NOT a cat! Reaction #1: So what? I’m not planning a trip to Antarctica, nor am I interested in owning a damned cat!

Reaction #2: Oh, really? I had a bit of doubt regarding that Antarctica, but you knocked me blue with that Polecat bit. Aah, I’m glad none of my cats are Polecat!

Well, if you sensed my point its good and fine, but if you still wondering then let me tell you this article is not for the Elite ones who take pride in their above average IQs; this is for the lesser souls who value the importance of having a better TQ (Trivia Quotient). So, the ones who are destined to bear the burden of their heavy IQs (read: the elite crowd) can take a U-turn from this point and get back to their TV sets or wrap themselves in the latest edition of newspapers, so that they have a new reason to boast- for being the first person to eat that Breaking News!

The normal ones are invited here to be a part of this post - which I’ve written exclusively for my beloved friend and an active member of the Instablogs Community, Oscar - and enjoy their trip. Though the post is actually a testing ground for one’s trivia quotient, you have the privilege to roam through the bylanes and enjoy the happenings without actually contributing to the cause.

To begin with, I know many of you know that a chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body, but am sure not many know that an electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts! We all love the way a colorful butterfly hovers in the air, but do you know that the original name of the butterfly was flutterby?! I bet you are lying if you say, ‘yes I know that’!

So, please shed your inhibitions and indulge in the trivial facts presented below and come up with your own treasure (brain candy as termed by Oscar), if you have any.

-An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph!

-A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

-There is no single cat called the panther! (The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black leopard.)

-Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy.

-Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died.

-Time magazine’s “Man of the Year” for 1938 was Adolf Hitler.

-A dentist invented the Electric Chair!

-Cockroaches can live for nine days without their heads, at which point they die of starvation.

-Most lipstick contains fish scales.

-The condom - made originally of linen - was invented in the early 1500’s.

-A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.

-The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, .5% argon and other gases.

-A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 mph.

-The sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as the noise of a pneumatic drill.

-A man’s beard grows faster when he thinks excessively about sex!

Well, so much from my side as of now, but talking about trivial facts I can’t help but laugh on the lines of a famous Hindi song which goes like this; Ae kaash kahin aisa hota...ke do dil hote seene me; ek toot bhi jaata ishq me toh, taqleef na hoti jeene me... (I wish I had two hearts; for even if one was broken in love, I’d still live on happily with the back-up!)

I bet the protagonist would definitely want to be an octopus in his next life - because an octopus has three hearts!

By the way, those who consider themselves as Superman (or a Superwoman) in bed can learn some basics from the pig; yes, a pig’s orgasm can last for a whole 30 minutes!

Hey Oscar, the table is ready. :-)

P.S. The self-confessed extra intelligent ones are trespassing on their own risk; if they try to show their extra bit here, they’ll be beaten black and blue with the baton of words!

UPDATE: Due to the fickle nature of this article (and the resulting comments), members are requested to ignore duplication of facts by any member or contributor. No one intentionally wants to make an ass of himself!