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Pojodan
Fun Fact: I don't care!
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Dusty668
Tug of War was an Olympic event until 1924.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.
The blesbok, a South African antelope, is the world's only naturally purple mammal.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.
The blesbok, a South African antelope, is the world's only naturally purple mammal.
I...I never considered that. I wonder what else you can combine like that.
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Iaculus
I...I never considered that. I wonder what else you can combine like that.[/QUOTE]
Be wary - you play with great and terrible forces here.
I...I never considered that. I wonder what else you can combine like that.[/quote]
Be wary - you play with great and terrible forces here.[/quote]
Pfffft, what's the worst that can happen?
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AAAAAAAAAH! OH MY GOD
It stinks to be above average.
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Andromache
This doesn't make any sense.
Even without beans, the average person farts 10-20 times per day.[/QUOTE]
i copied lines from a fun facts site. I didnt put much thought into the veracity of any of them. I didnt think anyone cared. Until I met you.
*farts in Tin's Direction*
I don't care..it was just an easy way to sneak one of my own fun facts in 
I love etymologies.
'Ambulance' used to refer to field hospitals. It came from the French '(hôpital) ambulant' for 'walking hospital.' During the Crimean War, 'Ambulance' began to refer to the wagons that moved the wounded off the field of battle. That is where we get our modern definition.
'Ambulance' used to refer to field hospitals. It came from the French '(hôpital) ambulant' for 'walking hospital.' During the Crimean War, 'Ambulance' began to refer to the wagons that moved the wounded off the field of battle. That is where we get our modern definition.
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SeraRelm
And so fitting with your avatar!
Males cats usually become aroused when their bellies are rubbed.
Males cats usually become aroused when their bellies are rubbed.
Speaking of sweat; here's a little known fact: Women have fewer sweat glands than men, but they're larger and more active...
...consequently they sweat more.
(I miss Cliff)
...consequently they sweat more.
(I miss Cliff)
I wouldn't know where to confirm this, but here's another Trombone fact a music student once informed me of:
The Germans loved the Trombone so much, that in the original translation of the bible into German, what was translated to 'Trumpet' in English was rendered 'Trombone' in German.
On the topic of biblical translation, if you went to Galilee at the beginning of the first millennium, asking about Jesus, people would be confused. We get the name 'Jesus' as a result of it's translation from Hebrew into Greek, Greek to Latin, and Latin into English. A direct translation from Hebrew to English would be 'Joshua.'
This is not unique. Another example would be Confucius, which is also a latinization. If you were to ask for Confucius by name, you would look for Kongzi.
And finally, another bible name. I am unable to confirm this, but I have been told that the name 'James' in the New Testament is a result of politics. The name should have been rendered 'Jacob,' but they fudged it in order to appease the king (essentially writing him into the bible). I really hope this one is true, because that would mean 'Jesus' should have been 'Joshua' (my name), and his brother 'James' should have been 'Jacob' (which is my brother's).
Heh, I actually heard this once before and looked it up. Totally true.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hyen...s-and-800-Kg-of-Pressure-on-Teeth-76961.shtml
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rabbitgod
I've some of these hyena fact before. They are some weird ass animals. They're natures mixing bowl. I'm almost positive they can breed with the platypus and once they do they'll enslave the human race.
figmentPez
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Sorry, no "J" in Hebrew. Yeshua would be a closer transliteration.
Hmm, I'll have to look further into this. What I can figure out is that when referring to Jacob from the Old Testament it's Iakob, and when referring to various James in the NT, it's Iakobos. So it's not the same name, though how it got transferred from ee-ak'-o-bos to James, I don't know.
Sorry, no "J" in Hebrew. Yeshua would be a closer transliteration.[/quote]
Yes, right. Sorry. Perhaps I should have said 'anglicization'?
Hmm, I'll have to look further into this. What I can figure out is that when referring to Jacob from the Old Testament it's Iakob, and when referring to various James in the NT, it's Iakobos. So it's not the same name, though how it got transferred from ee-ak'-o-bos to James, I don't know.[/QUOTE]
Please do. I'm very curious.
Sorry, no "J" in Hebrew. Yeshua would be a closer transliteration.[/quote]
Yes, right. Sorry. Perhaps I should have said 'anglicization'?
Hmm, I'll have to look further into this. What I can figure out is that when referring to Jacob from the Old Testament it's Iakob, and when referring to various James in the NT, it's Iakobos. So it's not the same name, though how it got transferred from ee-ak'-o-bos to James, I don't know.[/QUOTE]
Please do. I'm very curious.[/QUOTE]
Really? Here, in spain, all Jaime (James), Santiago, Jacobo (Iacob) and Diego celebrate their... what's the word, onomastica? The same day, because it's considered to be the same name...
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