Bear Meat, Bad Karaoke, and Renaissance Hair

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Trivia For You Tuesday December 1, 2009 Which bear eats the most meat? Where does most of the world's cork come from? Where's the hot spot in Vegas? Is karaoke bad for you? What was the favored hair color during the Renaissance? Advice from Carolyn Hax Which bear eats the most meat? The most carnivorous of all bears is the polar bear. Its diet consists almost entirely of seals and fish. Comment on this Story | Printer Friendly | | Send Story to a Friend | Top Where does most of the world's cork come from? Portugal is the world's largest producer of cork. The country has regulations protecting cork trees dating back to 1320. During the 1920s and 1930s, it became illegal to cut down the trees other than for essential thinning and removal of older non-producing trees. Comment on this Story | Printer Friendly | | Send Story to a Friend | Top Where's the hot spot in Vegas? Though the Las Vegas sprawl measures 15 miles wide by 15 miles long, most of the 30 million tourists each year tend to mob the 6-mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard that includes both the Strip, home to the city's glittering, impressive major casinos, and the downtown area. Comment on this Story | Printer Friendly | | Send Story to a Friend | Top Is karaoke bad for you? At Tokyo's Keio University Hospital, 30 percent of the outpatients diagnosed with throat polyps atttributed the cause of the affliction to singing karaoke. Comment on this Story | Printer Friendly | | Send Story to a Friend | Top What was the favored hair color during the Renaissance? During the Renaissance, blond hair became so much de rigueur in Venice that a brunette was not to be seen except among the working classes. Venetian women spent hours dyeing and burnishing their hair until they achieved the harsh metallic glitter that was considered a necessity. Comment on this Story | Printer Friendly | | Send Story to a Friend | Top Advice from Carolyn Hax Advice columnist Carolyn Hax is famous for her ability to get to the root of people's problems -- not just what they say, but who they are and what they're thinking. The resulting advice is often ruthless, sometimes controversial, and always hilarious. See for yourself what great advice Hax has to offer. Subscribe to ArcaMax's Carolyn Hax ezine, and receive her witty, helpful advice free by e-mail! Subscribe to the Carolyn Hax ezine instantly. Find out more before subscribing. -- From the ArcaMax editors Recent Stories    How fine is a chinchilla's hair?    Why meet your enemy beneath the mistletoe?    Which state has the highest life expectancy?    Does holding your breath to get your way actually work?    Where does the US have the world beat?   More From ArcaMax Publishing Newsletters: Comics - Knowledge - Lifestyles - News - More Classic Books: Fiction - Non Fiction - Short Stories - Sci Fi - More More: Quizzes - Sudoku - Crossword - Weather - Sports - Columns En Español: Ultimas Noticias - Tiras Comicas - Deportes - Sudoku Ad Free Newsletter ArcaMax publications are now available in an "advertising-free" format. Please click here for details.	Quick Clicks Free Customized Marlboro Tee Shirt Exclusive Calendar for 2010 - Get Yours FREE Right Here! One For You and One For the Kids: Get 2 Dell Mini Notebooks - FREE!
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