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Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plant with approximately 28 species found in Southeast Asia, mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippine. The word’s largest and stinkiest flower with diameter over 3 ft and 8 ft tall also known as Corpse Flower. The red color and texture contribute the illusion of a piece of meat. Rafflesia is a state flower of Sabah, Malaysia as well as for the Surat Thani province in Thailand.

Nice! Thank you but I am too far away for that kind of adventure now. It might happen eventually though, life is unpredictable 😊 @MiaChristine

That would be so fun @firebombmarkus having a twin is so fantastic. Oh and if you need any fun clothing I met the owner (also a twin) of this cool twinning clothing store on polyvore it’s located in Los Angeles and available on line at twinningstore dot com... they have some fun and fresh hats and T’s

Thanks for sharing @MiaChristine I should take my brother sometimes and go there lol

Wow @MiaChristine now that's some very juicy trivia! 😀

I had no idea there was that large of a gathering of twins, or that it was a nationally televised event with a parade to boot! 😳

Thank you for sharing this "delicious" trivia morsel @MiaChristine ! 😁

Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio is the world’s largest annual gathering of twins. Held on the first weekend of August, this event has taken place every summer since 1976.

Officials estimate 2,000 sets of twins appear every year. Twins from around the world participate in a parade appropriately named the Double-take Parade, which has been nationally televised. Other activities include entertainment, fireworks and contests.

I work in the town of Twinsburg and know a few parents of twins who attend every year, what a great way to celebrate their 👯 twins.

Hello fellow Trivia Goers, SeraphicStar here, and today I would like to offer some trivia about some of the largest bodies of water on earth... Oceans! 😆

Okay so as many of you guys know our Earths Oceans cover more than 70% of our Earths Surface! Also about 97% of all of our Earths water can be found in our Oceans! 😳

Now for some more interesting trivia about our oceans! In most of the deep ocean is under pressures of 3000 to 9000 pounds per square inch (or about the equivalent of 100 to 300 times the air pressure in automobile tires) That's a lot of pressure! 😳

Finally, here's some interestimg trivia about the "Mariana Trench". It is 35,802 ft (10,912 m) at the deepest point of the trench (and the deepest point on earth) the pressure is over 8 tons per square inch, or the equivalent of an average-sized woman holding up 48 jumbo jets! I don't know about any of you, but I'd never be able to hold up even one jumbo jet lol...

I hope you guys enjoyed this trivia and look forward to hearing more from you! ☺

Wildlife poaching is so devastating @firebombmarkus

They are adorable 😍 Thanks for sharing @mysticalmysty It's actually frustrating to know there are a lot of endangered species today and the reason for that is mankind.

The Bird of Paradise is one of the most unique species bird on earth. There are about 42 species of them some of the species are threatened by hunting and habitat lost

, native to New Guinea, Western Australia and Indonesia. They famously know for the elaborate dance of the males. The male birds have a beautiful array of feathers while the female typically small with brown feathers. Here’s some image that I would love to share.

The lyrebird can mimic almost any sounds it hears — including chainsaws.

Wildlife watchers have recorded the Australian species copying not only other birds but other animals, like koalas, and artificial sounds such as car alarms and camera shutters.

Ah @mysticalmysty darn I thought I was being clever, but I guess not

Anyway let's put down some more trivia here.

Today I'd like to talk about a common weather effect we all know.... LIGHTNING! 🌩⚡

Okay so I'm sure many of you know how lightning works and all that, so some of this may just be review.

Okay so lightning is an electrical current that originates from clouds (I'm sure most of you know this). When the ground is hot it heats the air above it and this hot air rises. As the air rises, water vapour cools and forms a cloud. When air continues to rise, the cloud gets bigger and bigger. In the tops of the clouds, temperature is below freezing and the water vapour turns into ice.

Now, the cloud becomes a thundercloud. Lots of small bits of ice bump into each other as they move around. All these collisions cause a build up of electrical charge.

Eventually, the whole cloud fills up with electrical charges. Lighter, positively charged particles form at the top of the cloud. Heavier, negatively charged particles sink to the bottom of the cloud.

When the positive and negative charges grow large enough, a giant spark - lightning - occurs between the two charges within the cloud. This is like a static electricity sparks you see, but much bigger.

Now here's an interesting fact about lightning!

The United Nation's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has just announced that the longest lightning strike on record was a 2007 bolt in Oklahoma that stretched 321 km(200 miles) - almost reaching from one side of the state to the other.

That of course is a bit of older news since it occured back in 2007, but still quite interesting I must say!

I hope you guys enjoy this bit of lightning trivia and look forward to hearing more of yours!

Swedish Fish is type / brand of soft chewy candy almost like gummy bear @SeraphicStar

Hey @firebombmarkus is that why the fish in the game are called "Swedish Fish"?

Here is a little bit about the homeland of our delicious King games 😊 Sweden is so efficient that only one percent of its garbage ends up in a landfill.

And I always love talking about my experienced living in Bali, I hope no one get tired of my trivia : A day before Nyepi *continuing from the previous trivia, they do have a parade called Ngupruk parade where the making Ogoh-ogoh statues that have a form of mythology beings - mostly demons. Ogoh-ogoh is normally standing on the pads built of timber of planks and bamboos lifted and carried by 8 or more men around the village and accompanied by orchestral music. After being paraded Ogoh-ogoh finally burnt to ashes in a cemetery as symbol of self-purification.

Thanks for sharing these magnificent facts with us @mysticalmysty I don't find it crazy. Silence is something we all should practice more. Being aligned with your inner self. I am so happy that you could experience something like that 🙏🏻 And it just gave me an idea that I could practice the same, not on New Year's day, but maybe I should choose another day and apply it every year. Although, when I was in China, I had a lot of silent moments with myself and I really miss that. Can't wait to go abroad again and organize my life the way I want.

In Bali they celebrate New Year Day with silent. I know it sounds crazy but it is, the day when the whole island shut down, which mean no activity, no work not even electricity, everyone just meditating, you will get fine if you get caught being outside of your house. This day called Nyepi. I don’t know if I can say I was lucky to experienced these when I was living there ?. Bali also has they own calendar it called Pawukon and has only 210 days, according to this calendar each year is divided by 6 months and every month has 35 days.

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It will have to wait because it’s time to make lunch.

Yes @Elsa Yes! I'd LOVE to see some juicy trivia from you! I'm waiting eagerly in anticipation for some delicious factual statements!

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Nice! Thank you but I am too far away for that kind of adventure now. It might happen eventually though, life is unpredictable 😊 @MiaChristine

Thanks for sharing @MiaChristine I should take my brother sometimes and go there lol

Wow @MiaChristine now that's some very juicy trivia! 😀

I had no idea there was that large of a gathering of twins, or that it was a nationally televised event with a parade to boot! 😳

Thank you for sharing this "delicious" trivia morsel @MiaChristine ! 😁

Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio is the world’s largest annual gathering of twins. Held on the first weekend of August, this event has taken place every summer since 1976.

I work in the town of Twinsburg and know a few parents of twins who attend every year, what a great way to celebrate their 👯 twins.

Hello fellow Trivia Goers, SeraphicStar here, and today I would like to offer some trivia about some of the largest bodies of water on earth... Oceans! 😆

Okay so as many of you guys know our Earths Oceans cover more than 70% of our Earths Surface! Also about 97% of all of our Earths water can be found in our Oceans! 😳

I hope you guys enjoyed this trivia and look forward to hearing more from you! ☺

Wildlife poaching is so devastating @firebombmarkus

They are adorable 😍 Thanks for sharing @mysticalmysty It's actually frustrating to know there are a lot of endangered species today and the reason for that is mankind.

The Bird of Paradise is one of the most unique species bird on earth. There are about 42 species of them some of the species are threatened by hunting and habitat lost

The lyrebird can mimic almost any sounds it hears — including chainsaws.

Wildlife watchers have recorded the Australian species copying not only other birds but other animals, like koalas, and artificial sounds such as car alarms and camera shutters.

Ah @mysticalmysty darn I thought I was being clever, but I guess not

Now here's an interesting fact about lightning!

That of course is a bit of older news since it occured back in 2007, but still quite interesting I must say!

I hope you guys enjoy this bit of lightning trivia and look forward to hearing more of yours!

Swedish Fish is type / brand of soft chewy candy almost like gummy bear @SeraphicStar

Hey @firebombmarkus is that why the fish in the game are called "Swedish Fish"?

Here is a little bit about the homeland of our delicious King games 😊 Sweden is so efficient that only one percent of its garbage ends up in a landfill.

It will have to wait because it’s time to make lunch.