quoth_the_raven
Corpse
DAMN! I'm sorry, 'suki' means 'love'! 'Kuso' means 'sh*t!' :lol:
The Random Facts Thread
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quoth_the_raven
Corpse
^ Even 'kuso' sounds so lovely! :lol:
I just got this:
The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano.
Imagine watching our old CSI tapes on that!
lol
HOLY CRAP! Wow, that's a big-ass VCR!
saras_girlfriend
Coroner
The whole of The Netherlands has the same amount of inhabitants as Mexico City
apperently more people get murdered in las vegas than any other state in the us
So that's why the first CSI was set in LV
France is known as the perfume capital of the world.
In 1924, Kleenex tissues were originally designed as a cold cream remover.
John F. Kennedy's rocking chair was auctioned off for $453,500.
New Jersey has a spoon museum that has over 5,400 spoons from across the world.
Oral-B were the first toothbrushes to go to the moon when they were aboard the Apollo 11 mission.
heartagram69
Head of the Swing Shift
u can go 36 days without food until u will die, but only 11 days without sleep before u would die
radicaledward
Police Officer
More paper is used to make manga than toilet paper in Japan.
Paul McCartney dreamt the tune to "Yesterday".
Extroverts like citrus perfume more than other kinds of perfume.
The first novel was written by a Japanese woman, now known only as Murasaki Shikibu, around 1000 A.D. called Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji).
Paul McCartney dreamt the tune to "Yesterday".
Extroverts like citrus perfume more than other kinds of perfume.
The first novel was written by a Japanese woman, now known only as Murasaki Shikibu, around 1000 A.D. called Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji).
Catherinesmyidol
Coroner
If you swish peroxide around in your mouth for 10 minutes, your teeth will be noticablely whiter.
^^ I haven't tried this one yet but I read it in the newspaper today!
^^ I haven't tried this one yet but I read it in the newspaper today!
Catherinesmyidol
Coroner
I think it's moderately toxic, but you aren't supposed to swallow it.
A black cow is a chocolate soda with chocolate ice cream. The term dates from the Roaring Twenties, although it also came to be used to describe a root beer float. Another term for a black cow was a mud fizz.
Bumping this with some more random facts
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice.
Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4 cents to make.
Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace.
In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him.
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice.
Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4 cents to make.
Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace.
In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him.