I actually think we should keep this thread going just to be different, a cornucopia of various facts, tidbits, anecdotes, illustration, and general "pearls of wisdom" type stuff. My contribution: The Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria) or banana spider appears in the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 for the most venomous spider and is the spider responsible for the most human deaths. Its venomous bite causes not only intense pain, but the venom of the spider can also cause priapism - uncomfortable erections lasting for many hours that lead to impotence.
According to the The Amazing SPAM Home Page, the ingredients of SPAM are as follows: * chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added * salt (for binding, flavor, and firmness) * water (to help in mixing) * sugar (for flavor) * sodium Nitrite (for color and as a preservative) And here are some other interesting SPAM-related facts to consider: * In the United States, 3.8 cans of SPAM are consumed every second. * Hawaiians eat an average of four cans of SPAM per person per year (this is the highest SPAM consumption rate per capita in the world). * Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia eats a SPAM and mayonnaise sandwich three times a week. * Nikita Krushchev credited SPAM with the survival of the WWII Russian army. Quothe the Krushchev: "Without SPAM, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army."
http://www.oddee.com/item_96682.aspx 12 Most Unfortunate Product Names Published on 5/25/2009 under Names - 166,858 views TAGS: funny product names, stupid product names Real product names: from "Pee Cola", to "Megapussi" and australian "Golden Gaytime" ice-cream, what were they thinking? Golden Gaytime (ice-cream) Golden Gaytime is an iconic ice-cream in Australia, its name survived intact despite the homosexual connotations in modern decades. The company just decided to play up the camp name with the boxes, holding the words "4 chances to have a gay time." Vergina (beer) Pee Cola (soft drink) A soft drink from Ghana. Ayds (diet candy) Ayds (pronounced "AIDS") was a diet candy from the 1980s. Years later, the name would have its current meaning. ****to (sauce) ****to is an allegedly delicious Ghanaian sauce with a name that makes Americans laugh, while everyone in Ghana seems to love it. Megapussi (potato chips) --Our readers Oona, Lance and Peppar from Finland wrote us to explain "Megapussi" is a finnish word for a "mega bag" and not actually the product's name. Thanks! (Source | Photo) Wack off! (insect repellent) Australian repellent "used by the armed forces." They surely need it. (Photo) SARS (drink) This drink from New Zealand shares its name with SARS: Severe acute respiratory syndrome. Jussipussi (bread) So that's how finnish bread taste like. **** flavoured mix (soup) 666 (cold medicine) Recommended by hell. Vergatario (Chavez' penis mobile phone) It is perhaps the world's cheapest mobile phone, and the latest offering from Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez: behold the "Vergatorio," a name that's derived from a slang word for penis. While in Venezuela the word does have another meaning (reliable), the rest of Latin America is still laughing.
