Sat, 08/27/2011 - 20:41
Just random knowledge. The tidbits of information that make the world a better place. That kind of thing.
For instance:
Papa John's Pizza has a very strange, but awesome, company policy. When ordering online, if you put the Konami Code in the special instructions box, you get a second, free container of garlic sauce.
is that true? I used to work for Papa Johns and I never knew anything about that. However, if somebody did that and I was working the line, I'd throw in some extra for sure!
The movie The Sixth Sense was based on an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark called "The Tale of the Dream Girl."
The term "Cup of Joe" for coffee was created to mock Naval Secretary Josephus Daniels, who banned the consumption of alcohol within the Navy in 1914.
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All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are members of the peach family.
The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.
The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 oz.
Charlie Brown's father was a barber.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously
Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)
Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make - $5 million going to actor's salaries.
A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer.
Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear
More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
Hippo milk is pink.
Ice Cream is chinese food!
Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
It is impossible to hum if your nose is plugged.
The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
A dairy cow can produce more milk when listening to music.
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
There are more than 150 million sheep in Australia, and only some 20 million people.
Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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Africa is a Latin word meaning "around Rome."
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A law in Chicago forbids you from eatingin bulidings that are on fire
It is legal in New York for a woman to walk around topless...however women may not wear "body hugging clothing."
here's more: http://www.dumblaws.com/
Fact: Edward Plunkett a. k. a. "Lord Dunsay".
He's a character from the game Koudelka, the precursor of the Shadow Hearts series. His name is Edward J. Plunkett, and actually a name of a real person, who is a famous writer under the name "Lord Dunsay".
For his biography, here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Plunkett,_18th_Baron_of_Dunsany
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I'm a nerd and I love video games, and video game girls as well(not to mention anime girls as well).
That's not a sin right?