Random True Fact Thread

The Jungle Book was the last movie Walt Disney personally produced.

 

Seriously, we've gone this whole thread without this? I thought it was common knowledge that this was possible.

 

Tazania's version of Monopoly is called Safari. Some of the characters are a robot, pirate and grad student. One card reads "your car hit a buffalo. pay 200"

Russia had a version called Comrades. Wealth was measured by the size of your apartment and if you drove a state isued car. one card reads "The player on your right threatens to denounce you. Pay him two Wealth Cards. Why not pay him enough so you can denounce him?"

 

I fell off a tree when I was in the 7th grade

 

A study shows 78% of people at some point in their life wished they were a different race.

 

Adam and Eve were approx 127 feet tall.

 

Damn you Milo Hamilton!

He said that the other night on the radio broadcast and I thought it was ironic and pretty cool.

Then he fails me.

 

false, i know someone who can do it

 

Milo Hamilton and true fact are mutually exclusive.

 

If you ever feel like you might be gaining a little faith in humanity, a quick read from the comments section of any Houston Chonicle online article will quickly dispel the notion.

 

The reason why they got rid of the green ranger is because they ran out of the Japanese green ranger stock footage.

 

Seth MacFarlane was supposed to be on American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11, but didn't make it in time because he was hung over and his travel agent gave him the wrong time of departure.

Alcohol saves the day yet again.

 

The YouTube app for mobile devices actually does have a 10-second rewind/ff feature.

Rewind — double tap left side of video screen
Skip forward — double tap right side of video screen

 

Even better, you can now press and hold the vid then slide left or right to the place you want to seek

 

I like that, too. But I was looking for an instant-replay button. Slide-seeking doesn’t suit me for that.