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[Aberzombie]

Several members of the same alien race as E.T. make an appearance in the Galactic Senate in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Rowlf the Dog was actually one of the first Muppets ever to appear on TV. Created in 1962, he first appeared in commercials for Purina Dog food, then went on the serve as sidekick to the title character on The Jimmy Dean show.

[Hitdice]

The Thin Man is actually the victim in the first movie, not the detective; it's even worse than the Frankenstein thing.

[Aberzombie]

Mike Wallace's first name was actually Myron. He chose "Mike" as his stage name.

[Tirq]

Eskimo use refrigerators to keep food from freezing.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

[Aberzombie]

The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.

Goldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light.

[Callous Jack]

Tennessee is bordered by more states than any other. The eight states are Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.

In Disney's "Fantasia", the Sorcerer's name is "Yensid" (Disney backwards.)

M&M's stands for the last names of Forrest Mars, Sr., then candymaker, and his associate Bruce Murrie.

[Doodlebug Anklebiter]

Aberzombie wrote:

Rowlf the Dog was actually one of the first Muppets ever to appear on TV. Created in 1962, he first appeared in commercials for Purina Dog food, then went on the serve as sidekick to the title character on The Jimmy Dean show.

Rowlf is badass.

[Aberzombie]

Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

Rowlf the Dog was actually one of the first Muppets ever to appear on TV. Created in 1962, he first appeared in commercials for Purina Dog food, then went on the serve as sidekick to the title character on The Jimmy Dean show.

Rowlf is badass.

His full name is Rowlf Cameron Swayze.

[Aberzombie]

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

[Aberzombie]

The night club that Dr. Jones finds himself in at the beginning of Temple of Doom was named Club Obi Wan.

[Aberzombie]

The Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.

[Aberzombie]

Sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air.

[Xabulba]

99% of solid matter is empty space.

The Eye-eye's eyes are bigger than it's skull.

Kangaroo's can't walk backwards

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Xabulba wrote:

Kangaroo's can't walk backwards

Nor can Emu's, hence why both appear upon the Australian coat of arms.

Plus, they're a pretty decent cook up at a barby.

[Xabulba]

, wrote:

Xabulba wrote:

Kangaroo's can't walk backwards

Nor can Emu's, hence why both appear upon the Australian coat of arms.

Is that because Aussie's can't walk backwards either?

[Xabulba]

Jesus was a zombie.

[Xabulba]

Electricity travels at the speed of light.

[Mr. Fox]

The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

[Crimson Jester]

Aberzombie wrote:

The night club that Dr. Jones finds himself in at the beginning of Temple of Doom was named Club Obi Wan.

And the men passing in front of Indy when he gets on the plane are Stephen Spielberg and Dan Aykroyd.

[Doodlebug Anklebiter]

Dogs can't look up.

[BigNorseWolf]

Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:

Dogs can't look up.

O rly?

[Aberzombie]

The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

[BigNorseWolf]

The tea act lowered the price of tea for the colonies.

The "dark" side of the moon actually gets slightly more light than the side we see.

Lobed fish are more closely related to mammals than they are to sharks.

[Aberzombie]

8% of people have an extra rib.

[Xabulba]

An average male has nearly 1 million erections in their lifetime.

[Ekkonor1]

Elephants like to smoke cubans.

[Flashohol]

Doodlebug Anklebiter wrote:

Dogs can't look up.

It's true BIG AL says so.

[Gandal]

Muteki Kojirn Daitarn III is 360 ft tall.

[Freehold DM]

Gandal wrote:

Muteki Kojirn Daitarn III is 360 ft tall.

I believe Daitarn 3 is the largest Super Robot ever created.

[Gandal]

Freehold DM wrote:

Gandal wrote:

Muteki Kojirn Daitarn III is 360 ft tall.

I believe Daitarn 3 is the largest Super Robot ever created.

Don't know if it qualifies for the term "super robot" or "giant mech" but the humanoid shape of the first SDF-1 (Choji Sora Yousai Macross) is more than 1 mile tall.

[Gandal]

Also,from the Robotech RPG from Palladium:
Gerwalk (hybrid humanoid mech/jet fighter mode of a valkyrie)=Ground Effective Reinforcement of Winged Armament with Locomotive Knee-joints.

Mospeada (motorcycle turning battle suit worn over the rider on the run)= Military Operation Soldier Protection Emergency Aviation Drive Armor

[Aberzombie]

Armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex.

[Xabulba]

All 9 banded armadillos carry leprosy.

[Xabulba]

10% of electricity in the US comes from dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones.

[Freehold DM]

Gandal wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Gandal wrote:

Muteki Kojirn Daitarn III is 360 ft tall.

I believe Daitarn 3 is the largest Super Robot ever created.

Don't know if it qualifies for the term "super robot" or "giant mech" but the humanoid shape of the first SDF-1 (Choji Sora Yousai Macross) is more than 1 mile tall.

The sdf-1 doesn't count as a super robot, as it is from a "real" robot series.

[The Eldritch Mr. Shiny]

Xabulba wrote:

The Eye-eye's eyes are bigger than it's skull.

This isn't true.

[The Eldritch Mr. Shiny]

Crimson Jester wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

The night club that Dr. Jones finds himself in at the beginning of Temple of Doom was named Club Obi Wan.

And the men passing in front of Indy when he gets on the plane are Stephen Spielberg and Dan Aykroyd.

Well, I'll be damned.

[The Eldritch Mr. Shiny]

Wow, it took only one page for this thread to go completely Weekly World news...

[Kyle Lefever]

Hungarian, Finnish and Korean have more in common than any single language spoken by a bordering country of either Korea, Finland or Hungary.

[Crimson Jester]

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

Crimson Jester wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

The night club that Dr. Jones finds himself in at the beginning of Temple of Doom was named Club Obi Wan.

And the men passing in front of Indy when he gets on the plane are Stephen Spielberg and Dan Aykroyd.

Well, I'll be damned.

Most subtle cameo ever.

R2D2 and C3P0 in Raiders of the lost Ark

[Crimson Jester]

Better picture

[Aberzombie]

Crimson Jester wrote:

Better picture

FAWESOME!!

[Madclaw]

The most common street name is 2nd street. 1st street is usually renamed to something else such as main or other names.

[Xabulba]

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:

Xabulba wrote:

The Eye-eye's eyes are bigger than it's skull.

This isn't true.

Sorry not the eye-eye but the tarsier.

[Aberzombie]

The least used letter in the alphabet is Q.

[Gandal]

The name "Palpatine" in Italian is a sexual allusion

[Urizen]

Gandal wrote:

The name "Palpatine" in Italian is a sexual allusion

How did this pivotal knowledge evade me?!?!

[Gandal]

Urizen wrote:

Gandal wrote:

The name "Palpatine" in Italian is a sexual allusion

How did this pivotal knowledge evade me?!?!

I can only answer "how much do you know of Italian?"

edit:this may sound ridiculous to non italians,but think that Darth Vader has been renamed Darth Fener because the original word was too similar to water (which in italy is a synonymous of Water Closet-the WC)

[Urizen]

Gandal wrote:

Urizen wrote:

Gandal wrote:

The name "Palpatine" in Italian is a sexual allusion

How did this pivotal knowledge evade me?!?!

I can only answer "how much do you know of Italian?"

edit:this may sound ridiculous to non italians,but think that Darth Vader has been renamed Darth Fener because the original word was too similar to water (which in italy is a synonymous of Water Closet-the WC)

I knew that 'Vader' was 'Father' in Dutch.

I admit I know very little Italian. It's the fact that it was a sexual allusion would've been something I've picked up on and make use of it in subtle conversation to amuse myself w/o making the non-enlightened aware. :)

[Gandal]

Just copy and paste "palpatine" "palpare" or "palpeggiare" in google tranlator (from italian to english) and see what results it gives