Random Facts...

[SuBe]

JAP is considered an ethnic slur

sorry eggyman

 

[Eggyman]

Random Fact: eggyman is sorry too for his racial sluring and genuinely bad conduct. Eggyman fails in life and SupemanBeyond knows it because he witnessed the fall of the egg and of all the offal in the vicinity.

 

[SuBe]

Random Fact: eggyman is sorry too for his racial sluring and genuinely bad conduct. Eggyman fails in life and SupemanBeyond knows it because he witnessed the fall of the egg and of all the offal in the vicinity.

Snopes says its true!

 

[Eggyman]

Snopes says its true!

It must be then t:

 

[redmarvel]

According to the Toronto Star, there are people who believe we must preserve the "redheaded" gene by having redheads interbreed with other redheads. To that end they have actually set up exclusive dating services for redheads:

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/293629

 

[Sam Fisher]

In the Chinese dubs of Beauty and the Beast, the voice of the Beast is provided by Jackie Chan. He provided both the speaking and singing voices in these versions.

Tarzan is the only animated Disney film which had been dubbed into Bahasa Melayu.

Tacos are cool.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Jungle 2 Jungle was the 7th highest grossing PG movie of 1997, taking in about 59.9 million in the US.

 

[Hotwire]

Golf originates from Scotland

And it's name was originally an ackronym for Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden.

 

[Hotwire]

If you never wear shoes, you will never get Athlete's Foot.

 

[Mister Sinister]

If you never wear shoes, you will never get Athlete's Foot.

But you'll have a WHOLE other load of problems.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Here's a fact, Asteroid-Man is the creepiest poster.

 

[Ice-man]

According to the Toronto Star, there are people who believe we must preserve the "redheaded" gene by having redheads interbreed with other redheads. To that end they have actually set up exclusive dating services for redheads:

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/293629

NOOOO my worst nightmares are about to come true! a legion of gingers.

we dont need more gingers!

 

[Captain_BluTac]

But you'll have a WHOLE other load of problems.

actually studies have proven it is healthier to be bare foot

 

[Immortalfire]

Last time I was in Chicago a beautiful woman accidently bumped her bag into my stomach.

Hawt :heart:

 

[redmarvel]

actually studies have proven it is healthier to be bare foot

Right up until you step on a nail without having had your tetanus shot.

 

[knowsbleed]

People who sweat more easily are more inclined to commit suicide than those who don't.

 

[XFanTim]

And it's name was originally an ackronym for Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden.

I'm virtually sure that's an urban legend. Usually words that were around before the 20th century didn't start as acronyms (since acronyms weren't popular then), but there a lot of times people make up something that they "stand for" and it ends up catching on and getting reported as fact.

Snopes agrees

 

[chaseter]

Your eyes actually see all colors but the one you are looking at because the light reflecting from the object into your eyes are all the colors except the one you see.

 

[XFanTim]

Other examples:

Some people say "tip" stands for "To Insure Promptness". It doesn't

Some people say "cop" stands for "Constable on patrol." Also false

There's a lot of supposed acronym origins for f***. All are false.

NOTE: If you click that last link, you need to replace **** with the "f-word". I can't post the link correctly because of the SHH's autofilter.

 

[XFanTim]

While I'm exposing common linguistic mistakes, a lot of people say "You've got another thing coming" -- in fact, the original expression is "You've got another think coming." It comes from a joke "If that's what you think, you've got another think coming!" The bad grammar is on purpose, for humorous effect.
(see here)
(I've seen other sites that confirm the same thing, including one that notes the use of "another think coming" in an edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.)

Anyway, the popularity of the corrupted version "You've got another thing coming" is probably in part do to the song of that title by Judas Priest.

 

[chaseter]

'Ring Around the Rosey,' the popular children's rhyme, is actually about the Bubonic Plague.

 

[XFanTim]

Language nerd -- part 3

If people are good at something, they say it's their "forte". This word comes from the French word "fort", and so it should "correctly" be pronounced like fort. But most people say it for-TAY, probably influenced by the Itallian word forte (loud) that appars in music. (see "usage note" here)

Of course, some people say language is an evolving thing, and the "correct" pronounciation is whichever one is most popular today. But still, it started as a mistake.

 

[XFanTim]

Your eyes actually see all colors but the one you are looking at because the light reflecting from the object into your eyes are all the colors except the one you see.

Huh? If that were true then if I had no light coming into my eyes, I'd see all colors -- but instead I see black.

 

[JTIZZLEVILLE]

Your eyes actually see all colors but the one you are looking at because the light reflecting from the object into your eyes are all the colors except the one you see.

You've actually gotten it backwards.

Something isn't red because it reflects all the colors except red.

Something is red because that object ABSORBS all colors and only reflects red.

 

[chaseter]

Huh? If that were true then if I had no light coming into my eyes, I'd see all colors -- but instead I see black.

You see a blue ball for example. The light reflecting off of the surface is all the colors in the spectrum but blue, blue is being absorbed. Therefore, all the colors that are reflected go into your eye and it decodes it into color. Something black has no color because all the light is being absorbed, therefore your eyes makes you see black. White is all the colors in the spectrum being reflected on the surface.