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Post by rainseaker on Aug 25, 2009 11:31:52 GMT -6
Amami has written more posts in one day than 14 of our other members!!
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Post by ravenholtex on Aug 25, 2009 21:01:51 GMT -6
Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali.
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Post by rainseaker on Aug 27, 2009 0:10:12 GMT -6
The kobayashi maru is a test that is impossible to past and is made to test the character of starfleet cadets who want to go into a command position.
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Post by Streamstrider on Aug 29, 2009 12:03:57 GMT -6
"A crocodile can't stick its tongue out." |
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Post by ravenholtex on Aug 29, 2009 13:23:58 GMT -6
The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.
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Post by rainseaker on Aug 29, 2009 18:24:42 GMT -6
Fact: Whale Ancestors
Based on fossils, blood, and DNA, the closest living relatives of whales and dolphins are the Hippopotamus. Evidence shows that their ancestors split approximately 60 million years ago, and they are the closest living descendants of that ancestor species.
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Post by ravenholtex on Aug 30, 2009 12:58:03 GMT -6
There are 400 different languages used in India. The government only officially recognizes 22 of those languages.
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Post by rainseaker on Aug 30, 2009 15:12:32 GMT -6
The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
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Post by ravenholtex on Sept 1, 2009 17:41:43 GMT -6
Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced.
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Post by rainseaker on Sept 1, 2009 21:03:35 GMT -6
From 1861 to 1985, more than 26 million people left Italy (mostly from the overcrowded south) to seek a better life. Only one in four came home again.
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Post by Streamstrider on Sept 2, 2009 13:39:23 GMT -6
"Blue eyes are the most sensitive to light, dark brown the least sensitive." |
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Post by ravenholtex on Sept 5, 2009 23:03:09 GMT -6
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
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Post by rainseaker on Sept 21, 2009 13:58:02 GMT -6
The emmys were on last night with an interuption from dr. horrible.
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Post by Rational Rachel on Sept 22, 2009 2:16:27 GMT -6
This thing is six pages so far. Clever?
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Post by ravenholtex on Sept 22, 2009 13:45:01 GMT -6
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
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