Did you know...?

[David M Mallon]

ShadowcatX wrote:

Also, the idea of beauty is very different across the globe, as seen here.

Standards of beauty may vary, but so do the skill levels of amateur photomanipulators...

[Saint Caleth]

Rysky wrote:

Saint Caleth wrote:

In China it is illegal to reincarnate without prior government approval.

Illegal for the one being reincarnated, or the one being reincarnated into?

You have to fill out the paperwork before you die if you plan to be reincarnated.

Just file these 17 pages with the Bureau of Religious Affairs and don't forget to get a notarization from your local police station. Then your application will be forwarded to the central government for approval...

[BigNorseWolf]

Beauty is a biological standard, with a lot less cultural influence than you may think

you and me ain't nothing but mammals...

[Orthos]

Rysky wrote:

Also, Algeria... Wtf?

"My God, she's full of stars!"?

[Kajehase]

The 17-year-old Swedish 4th-tier football player Amna Lihovic recently bought a ticket to go watch Sweden play her parents' home country Bosnia in Gothenburg.

She won't get to use the ticket - because she's been picked to play for Bosnia.

[Orthos]

Hope she can get a refund.

[Simon Legrande]

I still have all of my wisdom teeth.

[Ambrosia Slaad]

I also have all of my wisdom teeth, but like dull gray ioun stones, they have never conferred any Wisdom bonus.

[Kajehase]

It's actually not illegal to break the laws of physics.

[Jaelithe]

Kajehase wrote:

It's actually not illegal to break the laws of physics.

I suppose that depends on who established those laws.

[Fergurg]

The Cosby Show was the biggest show on television, but here's how big it was: one year, the World Series was pre-empted because it started at 7:35, and the show ran at 8:00.

[Fergurg]

Charleton Heston, while he was head of the National Rifle Association, has a cameo in the remake of Planet of the Apes, where he played an older ape who was telling a younger one to beware of humans - in the speech, he referred to guns as the physical embodiment of human evil.

[Aberzombie]

Kim Basinger once called Mickey Rourke "The Human Ashtray".

[Kajehase]

Kajehase wrote:

It's actually not illegal to break the laws of physics.

Well, I guess going faster than light would qualify as speeding.

[Pillbug Toenibbler]

Kajehase wrote:

Kajehase wrote:

It's actually not illegal to break the laws of physics.

Well, I guess going faster than light would qualify as speeding.

Breaking the law, breaking the law!

[Ensirio the Longstrider]

Pillbug Toenibbler wrote:

Kajehase wrote:

Kajehase wrote:

It's actually not illegal to break the laws of physics.

Well, I guess going faster than light would qualify as speeding.

Breaking the law, breaking the law!

Do the Impossible, See the Invisible, Touch the Untouchable, Break the Unbreakable!

[Aberzombie]

Michael Douglas is exactly 25 years older than his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones. The two of them share a birthday, September 25th.

[Richard "Hamster" Hammond]

Rats can't vomit or belch.

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Daniel Radcliffe is an atheist.

Science-fiction giant Roger Zelazny's last known work before his death was a computer game called Chronomaster.

The fungus kingdom is more closely related to animals than to plants.

[ibayboy]

In the last 2 years, China used more concrete than the USA did in the entire 20th century.

[Aberzombie]

Esai Morales is co-founder, with Sonia Braga and Jimmy Smits, of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.

[Kajehase]

Don Draper's real name is Armin Tamzarian.

[David M Mallon]

Kajehase wrote:

Don Draper's real name is Armin Tamzarian.

Don Draper is Principal Skinner?

[Heathanssson]

David M Mallon wrote:

Don Draper is Principal Skinner?

Naw, Skinner is Dick Whitman. Easy mistake to make...

[Kajehase]

The disease caused by the Ebola Virus was originally known as Green Monkey Fever.

[Limeylongears]

Lobsters' teeth are in their stomachs.

[Celestial Thaumoctopus]

The pearl fish lives in the sea cucumber's butt.

[Kajehase]

November 7 is World Vasectomy Day.

[Aberzombie]

In Alien: Resurrection (1997), Sigourney Weaver actually managed to sink the basketball into the hoop backwards on the first take, even though she was not supposed to or intended to. The shot was almost ruined because Ron Perlman broke character because he was so amazed.

[Jaelithe]

Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are the only angels mentioned in canonical Scripture.

[Kirth Gersen]

Jaelithe wrote:

Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are the only angels mentioned in canonical Scripture.

Raphael is in the Book of Tobit, so he's canonical for Catholics and Orthodox Christians (and also Mormons by later inclusion in their stuff), but not for Jews or Protestants.

[Freehold DM]

I ain't acknowledgin NO Raphiel!

[♣♠Magic♦♥]

Don't forget Lucifer.
He was an angel before.

[Kirth Gersen]

Well, Satan was, anyway. "Lucifer" in Isaiah refers to the morning star; it's later tradition (and/or Milton? getting hazy there) that connects that reference with Satan.

I used to listen in on my friends' Bible study. You pick up all kinds of useless trivia that way!

[Freehold DM]

Kirth Gersen wrote:

Well, Satan was, anyway. "Lucifer" in Isaiah refers to the morning star; it's later tradition (and/or Milton? getting hazy there) that connects that reference with Satan.

I used to listen in on my friends' Bible study. You pick up all kinds of useless trivia that way!

probably milton. I don't think he knew the effect he would have on Christianity.

[Orthos]

Kirth Gersen wrote:

Well, Satan was, anyway. "Lucifer" in Isaiah refers to the morning star; it's later tradition (and/or Milton? getting hazy there) that connects that reference with Satan.

I used to listen in on my friends' Bible study. You pick up all kinds of useless trivia that way!

Specifically, it was also a side reference to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

[DungeonmasterCal]

Aberzombie wrote:

In Alien: Resurrection (1997), Sigourney Weaver actually managed to sink the basketball into the hoop backwards on the first take, even though she was not supposed to or intended to. The shot was almost ruined because Ron Perlman broke character because he was so amazed.

The best part of that movie.

[ShadowcatX]

DungeonmasterCal wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

In Alien: Resurrection (1997), Sigourney Weaver actually managed to sink the basketball into the hoop backwards on the first take, even though she was not supposed to or intended to. The shot was almost ruined because Ron Perlman broke character because he was so amazed.

The best part of that movie.

Any time Joss starts to get a big head all someone has to do is remind him of Alien: Resurrection.

[Klaus van der Kroft]

The first steam-powered vehicle was built in 1672 by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Jesuit missionary who taught astronomy, mathematics, and engineering to the Chinese Emperor.

[♣♠Magic♦♥]

In Italy it's immature to eat pasta with more than a fork.

This may need fact checking. I forget how long ago I heard it.

[Jaelithe]

♣♠Magic♦♥ wrote:

In Italy it's immature to eat pasta with more than a fork.

This may need fact checking. I forget how long ago I heard it.

Generally, Italians eat pasta with a fork only. Sicilians (or at least Sicilian-Americans) tend to eat pasta much more properly, with a fork and spoon.

(As you may have guessed, I'm Sicilian-American.)

[Jaelithe]

The Fourth Crusade, originally aimed at The Holy Land, was redirected by its ringleaders to instead attack and capture Constantinople, thus ushering in the twilight era of the Byzantine Empire.

[Jaelithe]

Limeylongears wrote:

Lobsters' teeth are in their stomachs.

Which would likely make being bitten by a lobster largely academic.

[Aberzombie]

Coffee can be really awesome when you're going on around 4 hours of sleep.

[Bill Lumberg]

The Duchess of Northumberland wants to host a cagefighting event at Alnwick Castle gardens, which stood in for Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies.

Really

[Aberzombie]

Actor Michael McKean is a descendant of Thomas McKean, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

[christos gurd]

elephants can hear through their feet.

[Jaelithe]

St. Nicholas, famed as the historical basis for the Santa Claus myth, according to some accounts, punched out another bishop at the Council of Nicaea for bad-mouthing the concept of the Trinity.

"He knows if you've been bad or good,
So be good for goodness' sake!"

[Randarak]

I am currently sitting down. Granted, not particularly informative, but you didn't know it, did ya?

[Kajehase]

In a Columbo episode from 1973, the titular character is taken aback when his car repairs costs all of $67,25.