Interesting Trivia!!!

DID YOU KNOW THAT

• THE WORD "MAYDAY" USED AS A DISTRESS SIGNAL ON SHIPS AND AIRCRAFTS COMES FROM THE FRENCH TERM "MAIDER" WHICH MEANS "HELP ME!"
• MOSQUITOES PREFER TO BITE BLONDES!!
• AFTER HIS EVER FIRST CONCERT APPEARANCE, ELVIS PRESLEY WAS ADVISED TO CONSIDER BECOMING A LORRY DRIVER!!
• SEAN CONNERY WAS A COFFIN POLISHER BEFORE HE BECAME AN ACTOR!!
• X-RAYS OF THE "MONA LISA" HAVE REVEALED THAT LEONARDO DA VINCI PAINTED THREE TOTALLY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SAME SUBJECT BEFORE SETTING FOR THE PORTRAIT THAT EXISTS TODAY!!
• BEETHOVEN BELIEVED THAT HIS BRAIN WAS STIMULATED IF A BUCKET OF ICE WAS POURED OVER HIS HEAD!!
• THE WORD "DUMB BELL" ORIGINATES FROM THEIR ORIGINAL FORM. THEY WERE CHURCH BELLS THAT HAD THEIR GONGS REMOVED AND JOINED BY A BAR. HENCE "DUMB BELL"!!
• NOT ONLY WAS CLEOPATRA THE PRODUCT OF A BROTHER AND SISTER MARRIAGE, BUT ALSO SHE MARRIED TWO OF HER OWN BROTHERS AS WELL!!
• EARLY SPANIARDS USED TO CLEAN THEIR TEETH WITH URINE!!