TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Today I have for you some fun facts about hula hoops. I don't know about you, readers, but I am terrible at hula hooping. I look like a fish out of water trying to keep the thing around my waist. It's funny because my mom has one of those weighted hula hoops that she uses to work her abs, and she can keep that thing going for minutes! Hmmm, perhaps practice makes perfect?

Enjoy!
Melissa

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QUOTE: "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."

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RANDOM TIDBITS
The term "Hula Hoop" came from British sailors who had seen hula dancing in the Hawaiian islands and thought the two looked rather similar.

The original price of the hoop in 1958 was $1.98.

After the hoops was released in 1958, the company Wham-O sold 25 million in the first four months and over 100 million in its first year.

Billy Joel referenced the sale of the 100 millionth hula hoop by Wham-O as one of the most significant events of 1959 in his song "We didn't Start the Fire."

The 1980 World Hula Hoop Championship was held in more than 2,000 cities with an estimated two million participants.

The hula hoop craze of the late 50's can be traced to Australia, where children twirled hoops made out of bamboo. When the production of bamboo hoops could not meet the demand, Toltoys was engaged to make hoops out of plastic and sold 400,000 hoops in 1957.


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