Fascinating Facts and Trivia

For over three decades from 1845 to 1879, the Peruvian economy’s backbone was seagull poop. This bird poop also caused the War of the Pacific.

The tallest married couple ever recorded was Anna Hainaut Swan (7’11) and Martin Van Buren Bates (7’9). Swan also gave birth to a 22 pound baby.

The snowiest city in the World is Aomori, Japan. A city of nearly 300,000 people that averages around 300 inches of snow per year. The most I've seen in a single year was 100+ inches and that felt like snowmageddon. Couldn't imagine 300+, esp. every year.

Australia once lost a war to emus (I used to rub emu oil on my fucked up shoulder, pretty good stuff)



"Participants - Emus"

During the Middle Ages, it was believed that sperm from the left testicle produced girls. To ensure having a son, men would have it removed.

Before the 19th century, dentures were commonly made with teeth that had been pulled from the mouths of dead soldiers.

Not 100% sure on this one, but I remember reading that the only movie that continued filming on Sept. 11 was The Rules of Attraction. The scenes that they filmed that day were for a college party in the movie called the End of the World Party




I think Saskia Jade looks a lot like the actress Shannyn Sossamon in that movie, except for the funky hairstyle.

The sound of the velociraptors communicating with each other in Jurassic Park is actually the sound of tortoises mating.

The scene in Pulp Fiction where Vincent stabs Mia in the heart with a needle was actually shot in reverse.

It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.

Your heart beats over 100,000 times per day.

Farts have been clocked at speeds of up to 16 km/h (10 mph)

Due to the lack of an "r" sound in Japanese, Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald