k ... apparently if you're thrown into freezing (as in LITERALLY icy) cold water, you can survive up to 2 minutes longer if you have a SCARF on.
!?!?! Shadow !?!?!
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Well.... random facts are something I love...
Nintendo started off as a trading-card company, and before that was part of the Japanese Mafia
The Wii was originally known as the Nintendo Revolution
Milky Way and Three Musketeers got their names reversed due to some cooperate ninny flipping the names.
Christmas is in December to try and cover up the Pagan holiday Yule
Halloween's original name is Sammhain
Tomatoes were originally thought to be poisonous
In Ancient Greece, there was a holiday in which all the men would strip completely and dance around to show of their sexual prowess, known as the Gymnopedies
The T-Rex's roar in Jurassic Park was made up of the trumpet of a baby elephant, the hiss of an aligator, (and a few other things I don't remember)
The fastest talker in the world can speak something around 200 words a minute (in English anyway)
Portal was originally a college project, and evolved into a cult favorite
More when I remember them!
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