Another case of boredom caused me to find some more strange facts for your entertainment. Some of these are really crazy:
1. "Fart Battles" were popular art scrolls created in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1868).
2. In Spanish, the "esposas" means both "wives" and "handcuffs". [Sounds about right.]
3. 2.6 million Kenyans practice the "sport" of naked night-running. [That's gotta be painful.]
4. In 2011, a woman bought a "non-visible" piece of art for $10,000. [Someone with way too much money.]
5. You can change your language of Facebook to "Pirate". [Try it - it's fun!]
6. Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho's deal with Coca-Cola ended after he was caught sipping a Pepsi in a news conference.
7. There is an official Rock Paper Scissors league in the United States. [What about Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock?]
8. If you search for "askew" in Google, the content will tilt slightly to the right.
9. Paris Syndrome is a psychological disorder, mainly suffered by Japanese people, caused after realizing Paris isn't what they expected. [Seriously? WTF!]
9. Paris Syndrome is a psychological disorder, mainly suffered by Japanese people, caused after realizing Paris isn't what they expected. [Seriously? WTF!]
10. In Dorset, Minnesota, a 3-year old boy was elected as mayor. A year later, he was re-elected. [Makes sense -- most of our politicians act like toddlers.]
11. One in four Americans thinks the Sun goes around the Earth. [A sad statement of our education system.]
12. One in ten Americans thinks HTML -- the language of web pages -- is a sexually transmitted disease. [Yep, I'm still sad.]
13. In 2007, a Bosnian couple divorced after discovered both had an online affair with each other under fake names.
14. 35% of American workers said they would forgo a pay raise in exchange for having their boss fired. [Back in my corporate days, I would have been part of that 35%.]
15. The word pencil comes from a Latin word meaning "small penis".
16. British spies planned to lace Hitler's food with female hormones to make him less aggressive.
17. In Catalonia, Spain, a smiley-faced piece of wood called "shitting log" poops out the presents on Christmas (photo below).
18. A man named Moondyne Joe escaped prison so many times, that police built a special escape-proof cell for him, from which he escaped as well.
19. Benjamin Franklin wrote "Fart Proudly", a scientific essay about flatulence.
20. Cows moo in accents specific to their region, just like humans.
2 comments:
great, now i can never say the word pencil again.....but i like number 5 arrrrr lol.
Number 19, maybe something Kurt will actually read!
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