BioKraze wrote:

There are more chickens on Earth than humans. (Scary thought!)

that is actually good, that means they won't disapear soon from eating them

BioKraze wrote:

In the late 1930s and throughout the 1940s, Mickey Mouse was banned from public and private view in Germany, Russia and Italy.

I somewhere heard than the Disney company made morale-boasting animations for the army in that period

Romanticide wrote:

I somewhere heard than the Disney company made morale-boasting animations for the army in that period

Well, he isn't Disney, but Marvin the Martian of Looney Tunes fame was designed to mock the Japanese. His flag was the same white banner with a red dot, which was later changed to a black banner with a red dot on it.

Pepe le Pew was designed to mock the French and their arrogant attitude (which is probably wrong, as I'm sure the racial stereotype has outlived its usefulness).

Speedy Gonzales was made to mock the Hispanic culture. Yosemite Sam was a mockery of the Southern folk, most notably the Texans.

Remember, this was WAY before censorship turned up in cartoons and such, so people got away with that sort of thing. Now, I highly doubt somebody could pull it off...at least in America, unless they were good at the game.

Tamago wrote:

Its funny how in the 'good old days' censorship was designed to 'protect' us from sex and violence, while these days censorship is supposed to 'protect' us from 'certain kinds of political incorrectness'.

Isn't it, though?

You want more trivia. I know you do, my dears. Huhuhu...well, here you go...

The most common name in the entire world is Mohammed.

"Canada" is an Indian word meaning "big village."

Most heart attacks occur between 6:00 am and noon, when the body's blood pressure rises naturally.

The human brain uses ten times more oxygen than the rest of the body and its parts, combined.

Research has indicated that if you ate a banana recently, you are more "attractive" to mosquitoes.

Every year, there is one ton of cement poured for every man, woman and child in the world.

The construction hard hat was first invented and used during the construction of the Hoover Dam in 1933.

Iron nails cannot be hammered into oak wood; the acid in the wood corrodes the nails.

Each king in a standard deck of cards represents a great king from history. Spades is held by King David; clubs by Alexander the Great. Hearts are held by Charlemagne and diamonds by Julius Caesar.

Also, each suit in the card deck represents a major pillar of medieval economy. Spades -- military; clubs -- agriculture; diamonds -- merchants and hearts -- the Church.

Every year, over 8,800 people injure themselves with toothpicks.

In order for a deck of cards to be properly playable, it should be shuffled at least seven times.

Will I be back for more trivia? Of course, my dears. Huhuhu...

BioKraze wrote:

Chironex, or box jellyfish, attack with poisonous barbs that can kill within minutes of the initial assault. The first aid treatment? Vinegar.

Apparently the plague can be cured with penicillin and other antibiotics.

Also, a while ago my Animal Science teacher came into the room laughing with a newspaper in her hand. Some Scientists in Rhode Island infected a few mice with the plague, and they escaped. People do the darnedest things sometimes.

BioKraze wrote:

Research has indicated that if you ate a banana recently, you are more "attractive" to mosquitoes.

If you're ever outside in the middle of summer, wear shoes. That's the part of your body that they're most attracted to... I hate mosquitoes. The females need the blood for their eggs. They actually kill a lot of people every year by transmitting aids and other diseases.


Now that I'm on the subject, would it be alright if I added some useless facts about animals to the conversation?

Male angler fish are small parasites that feed off of the female's bloodstream.

There are no male whip-tailed lizards. In order to reproduce, two females must preform a courtship ritual where one female takes the role of the male and the other takes the role of the female. The two females later switch roles. The off-spring are clones that look identical to the mother.

A microorganism called a waterbear can enter a state in which it dehydrates itself. In this state, it can survive in extreme conditions for years at a time, and even in deep space. When the conditions return to normal, it rehydrate itself and continues living as though nothing happened.

Though the females produce the eggs, male seahorses carry and lay the eggs.

Flamingos gain their pink color from eating shrimp.

BioKraze wrote:

Okay, okay. You force my hand, people. Here's some more useless trivia:

For every shark that takes a bite out of a human, humans kill about a million sharks. (Poor little guys!)

(Also more humans die from eating sharks each year than from been eaten by sharks)

The eye of a giant squid is the largest of any animal, exceeding 15 inches in diameter.

(I knew this fact from when I was a kid.)

A lobster's teeth are located in its stomach, not its mouth. They are also the only creatures to have blue blood. When they flee potential predators, they do so by swimming backwards quickly.

(Now thats a freaky fact!)

Interestingly Tamago, kangaroos are lactose intolerant. How they found this out I'm afraid to ask.

(I can answer that, animal welfare in Australia sometimes find baby joeys inside their dead mothers pouches and when they fed them milk, that would be when they discovered this fact.)

A Venus flytrap can consume an entire cheeseburger.

(Somehow I find this fact hard to swallow )

Mermaids are symbolic of lesbianism.



Now ask me how many fanarts I have of the SKU girls as mermaids.

morosemocha wrote:

Mermaids are symbolic of lesbianism.



Now ask me how many fanarts I have of the SKU girls as mermaids.

Really? They are? That's cool.

And I take fucking forever to fall asleep. Of course, once I've fallen asleep I can sleep through an earthquake.

And here I thought that the myth of mermaids was created when poor dugongs get mistaken for mermaids by drunken sailors who are feeling a bit too frisky.

Last edited by Tamago (01-15-2007 01:45:22 AM)

morosemocha wrote:

(I should try and find that, it was a particularly good piece)

Ooo oo! Please do, I'd love to read it.

Oh fine, I'll throw in some trivia. By which I mean useless knowledge. The 'top five' chateaus in Bordeaux are Lafite-Rothschild, Latour, Margaux, Haut-Brion, and Mouton-Rothschild, the last of which is the only one that wasn't established as top tier in the late 1800s.

It's especially useless since I'll grow an extra head before I can afford to even look at the labels of any of those.

Edit: I'm still really surprised at that one, I can't help but wonder if it hadn't matured enough or it was a really off year or what. Then again not every single year is going to rock for each one. If I was going to dump $$$ I'd got for the Lafite.

Last edited by Giovanna (01-15-2007 10:21:25 AM)

Okay, more trivia from me! This one's all about obscure words!

Altiloquent: speaking pompously or in a high-flown manner.

Anililagnia: an attraction to older women.

Boanthropy: a form of insanity in which a man thinks he is an ox.

Chanking: food that has been spit out (fruit rinds or pits, etc.)

Dactylion: the tip of the middle finger.

Defenestration: the act of throwing somebody or something out of a window. (Also a popular crime in SimCity 2000's newspapers, for all you geeks out there...like me.)

Diphallic terata: a disease in which a male has two penises. (Sounds fun!)

Eyeservice: work done only while the boss is looking.

Grapholagnia: the urge to stare at obscene pictures.

Horripilate: to get goose bumps.

Macron: the little horizontal line above a vowel, to symbolise a long sound.

Mantissa: the portion of a number in scientific notation to the left of the "E" common to calculators.

Modulus: the technical term for the remainder of a quotient in division.

Polyorchid: a man who has at least three testicles.

Spermologer: one who collects trivia. (Aren't we all on this thread?)

Timmynoggy: a device that saves time and labor.

Zarf: a holder for a handless coffee cup.

How's that for obscure, my friends? More to come!

Okay, more obscure words from me! Have fun with them!

Abligurition: excessive spending on food and drink.

Brandophile: one who collects cigar bands.

Cachinnation: loud or hysterical laughter.

Cheiloproclitic: being attracted to a person's lips.

Dibble: to drink like a duck.

Diplasiasmus: the incorrect doubling of a letter when spelling a word.

Dishabillophobia: the fear of undressing, either alone or in front of somebody.

Euneirophrenia: peace of mind after a pleasant dream.

Farctate: the state of being stuffed with food (overeating).

Fremescence: the grumbling sound of an unhappy mob of people.

Gambrinous: being full of beer. (Yay for beer!)

Gynotikolobomassophile: one who likes to nibble on a woman's earlobe.

Haingle: to amble along in a feeble and listless manner.

Impecunious: having no cash or money.

Librocubicularist: one who reads in bed.

Misodoctakleidist: somebody who hates practicing the piano. (Kozue, anybody?)

Neanimorphic: looking younger than one's chronological age.

Notophile: one who collects bank notes.

Obdormition: numbness caused by pressure on a nerve (when a limb has "fallen asleep").

Pandiculation: stretching and yawning before going to bed or after waking up.

Quisquilian: consisting of trash and rubbish.

Rasceta: creases on the inside of the wrist.

Scatophagy: the religious practice of consuming excrement. (Yuck!)

Venustaphobia: the fear of beautiful women.

Wether: a castrated sheep.

Zills: the finger cymbals worn by belly dancers.

There now, how's that for obscurity?