Stuff You May Have Not Known

There is a whole shitload of useless trivia on the internet, or did you know that?
 
ok, maybe wrong place to voice the orange thing. Try it in an English accent. Just force that plum down as far as it will go. pinch your nose aswell. :D
 
A rat can live longer without water than a camel

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily

Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

**Very kewl**

The question mark came from a monk habit of writing the Latin word for question, quo, at the end of sentences. Over time, the letters were written vertically to save space and morphed into the ? we write today. Similarly, the exclamation point came from the Latin word "Lo", meaning something important that should be heeded. (Lo and behold...)

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white

Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo
 
Kasem was also Robin in the old Justice League (the idiocy with the "Wonder Twins")
 
Alexey Pajitnov created the Tetris game but didn't see a single cent in profit despite it's sold over 40 million copies worth over 800 million dollars.
 
greenfreak said:
Alexey Pajitnov created the Tetris game but didn't see a single cent in profit despite it's sold over 40 million copies worth over 800 million dollars.
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Ain't communism a wunderful thing??
 
Professur said:
Ain't communism a wunderful thing??
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Twasn't communism that did him in... twas a 'hacker' who stole the game and marketed it in the USA. Ain't capitalism a wonderful thing :D
 
Lopan said:
ok, maybe wrong place to voice the orange thing. Try it in an English accent. Just force that plum down as far as it will go. pinch your nose aswell. :D
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No, you're right...there is no word in the english language that rhymes with orange...forced rhymes yes...REAL rhymes no. :)
 
MrBishop said:
Twasn't communism that did him in... twas a 'hacker' who stole the game and marketed it in the USA. Ain't capitalism a wonderful thing :D
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Of course, isn't it always the American's fault? :D

Mass appeal of puzzle<



Pokhilko immediately saw the mass appeal of the puzzle and convinced Pajitnov it would make a great computer game. But in 1986, before the game was published, Soviet authorities demanded that Pajitnov sign over all rights to the game.

Later, Pokhilko and Pajitnov teamed to create other digital diversions, including El-Fish, a virtual aquarium.

In a 1996 Examiner interview, Pajitnov said he had acquiesced to the Soviet demand to sign over the rights of Tetris because he feared reprisals.

"I would have been in prison for sure had I gone directly to Nintendo," Pajitnov said. "I would have had to be a dissident and possibly be cheated for everything anyway. So it wasn't worth it."

During the 10 years the Soviet government brokered deals with Nintendo, Atari and other video-game makers, Pajitnov lost an estimated $40million in royalties.

One of those who brokered the largest license agreement was Rogers, whose Japan-based Bullet Proof Software locked in the rights to sell Tetris to its largest market, the hand-held gaming-device industry.

"That was the biggest market for Tetris," Rogers said. "That's what made the game huge."
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/09/24/NEWS7742.dtl

That article is about how the co-inventor murdered his wife, 12 year old son, and then committed suicide. :eek:
 
There are approx. 6 calories in every tblsp of spooge.

I am not sure why I know this. It came up on JJR a few times though.


Inky only you.
 
Enlightened rule by the dead is preferable to the misguided failures of the living.
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Chicago's trying to prove this, as they lead the nation in votes cast by dead people. :D

Anyone know where that quote's from?
 
Nixy said:
No, you're right...there is no word in the english language that rhymes with orange...forced rhymes yes...REAL rhymes no. :)
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*ahem* Door hinge.

The word with no rhyme is silver. :p
 
To all you no word rhymes with orange answerers who write door hinge...the that would be words, not word :p
 
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