Things You Thought You Thought You Knew
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Hara Kiri
The Japanese do not use the above term at all, they call the ritual 'seppuku', which is rarely the gory act of Western imagination. Almost invariably the suicide's 'best man' was in attendance, equipped with a freshly sharpened sword. Sometimes the suicide's head was whipped off the instant the knife entered the abdomen; other times as soon as he picked up the ceremonial knife - that gesture of intent being sufficient to satisfy the senior for whose benefit the silly ritual was taking place. 'Seppuku' is now illegal in Japan.
Yp, another topic to clear few myths in the world.
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cool! thanx!
btw den wat is hara kiri? -
Actually after reading this, I have no idea already...Originally posted by wuming78:cool! thanx!
btw den wat is hara kiri?
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Wonders if anyone post this before but then again.....
THOUGHT YOU KNEW IT ALL - did you know the following?
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language
is "screeched."
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver,or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial, on the back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula."
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street, were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube, and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. (I knew I
wasn't average!!)
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Now you know...everything -
Leap Years Occur Every Four Years
This is by no means the determining rule. Leap years occurs only if the year in question is divisible by four, or by 400 if it is a centenary. 1900, for example, was divisible by four but did not qualify as leap year since it did not divide equally by 400. The year 2000 will qualify being divisible by both. -
Nah, for Neontetra
Brandy Should Be Given To People In Shock
Although people in shock usually complain of a raging thirst, they should not be given anything to drink at all - certainly no alcohol, and there are very good reasons why not. First, the patients need to be kept warm, and contrary to popular opinion, alcohol usually lowers the body temperature, the warm flush it produces is really the effect of heat leaving the body. Secondly, one of the main problems with shock is the disruption of normal blood supply to the vital organs, and alcohol draws blood away to the skin, hence 'boozer's flush'. Finally , if the state of shock has been induced by a fall or an accident of some kind, you dont know if there are any internal injuries which could hardly improved by sousing them in spirit. -
Originally posted by laurence82:
wat i can say is...
Wonders if anyone post this before but then again.....
[b]THOUGHT YOU KNEW IT ALL - did you know the following?
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
6. There are more chickens than people in the world.
no wonder got bird flu
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
who?
33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. (I knew I
wasn't average!!)
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
Now you know...everything[/b]
the person who found out all these is too eng!
go and count the number of dimples on a golf ball?!??!?! -
must be avid golferOriginally posted by wuming78:wat i can say is...
the person who found out all these is too eng!
go and count the number of dimples on a golf ball?!??!?!
I started this thread coz i like trivias, and trivias are good stuff to amaze as well as annoy your firends....
Imagine, you stand around with a bunch of friends yakking, then suddenly you said " Do you know that.." or "Its not true..." -
but if ppl ask for proof u wil be hard pressed to produce it.Originally posted by laurence82:must be avid golfer
I started this thread coz i like trivias, and trivias are good stuff to amaze as well as annoy your firends....
Imagine, you stand around with a bunch of friends yakking, then suddenly you said " Do you know that.." or "Its not true..." 
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aiyoh, taking our life as an example, how many times in our life we really ask for solid proofOriginally posted by wuming78:but if ppl ask for proof u wil be hard pressed to produce it.
i am sure 99% of our conversations, transactions etc etc, we just take as it is... -
Originally posted by laurence82:aiyoh, taking our life as an example, how many times in our life we really ask for solid proof
i am sure 99% of our conversations, transactions etc etc, we just take as it is... true true... canot be so serious all the time. -
Alaska
Even if provided with an atlas, most people would staunchly maintain that Maine was the most eastern of the United States, Florida the most southern, and Alaska the most northern and Most western. As a matter of fact, Hawaii is the most southern and, ridiculous as it might sound, Alaska is the most northern, western and southern all at the same time.
It must be remembered that America is a pretty big country and Alaska does not even start until the 140 deg meridian, and thats already a long way west of the Californian coast. The Aleutian Islands, which are part of the State of Alaska, extend beyond the 180 deg meridian which is the dividing line between the eastern and western hemisphere therefore there are parts of Alaska that are many hundred of miles further east than the eastern coast of America -
Originally posted by laurence82:
nice nice!
[b]Alaska
Even if provided with an atlas, most people would staunchly maintain that Maine was the most eastern of the United States, Florida the most southern, and Alaska the most northern and Most western. As a matter of fact, Hawaii is the most southern and, ridiculous as it might sound, Alaska is the most northern, western and southern all at the same time.
It must be remembered that America is a pretty big country and Alaska does not even start until the 140 deg meridian, and thats already a long way west of the Californian coast. The Aleutian Islands, which are part of the State of Alaska, extend beyond the 180 deg meridian which is the dividing line between the eastern and western hemisphere therefore there are parts of Alaska that are many hundred of miles further east than the eastern coast of America[/b] -
Originally posted by laurence82:
10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20.
11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver,or purple.
orange --> strange
silver --> quiver
purple --> turtle
12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." -
hmm, donch know why the website would put like that, wrong liaoOriginally posted by lurska:
As Donald Graeme who wrote Things You Thought You Thought You Knew, "Check everything you know, including this book" -
power sia
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Aborigine
Although many would argue the point vigorously, aborigine does not, by definition, refer to the native population of Australia in particular.The first people to be so called were the Latin tribes of Central Italy, and of Latin derivation itself, the word simply means ' the beginning '. The OED makes no mention of Australia at all in its definition of the word but simply states that it describe people, animals or plant life indigenous to an area. So, the Australia native is an aborigine, but an aborigine is not necessarily an Australian native. One could equally describe Scots native to Scotland as aborigines, although such a foolhardy exercise in semantics would be unwise in the extreme in a Glasgow pub at closing time. -
Assault and battery
Assault is a grossly misunderstood and misapplied term. It does not mean to attack someone physically; it is assault merely to threaten or to attempt the use of violence, even if no contact is made. Under the right circumstances just shouting and screaming at another person is sufficient to constitute an assault. The charge of battery is added as soon as physical contatc is made. In theory, shouting at someone and then pushing them aside is assault and battery. -
Originally posted by laurence82:
den wats aggravated assault??
[b]Assault and battery
Assault is a grossly misunderstood and misapplied term. It does not mean to attack someone physically; it is assault merely to threaten or to attempt the use of violence, even if no contact is made. Under the right circumstances just shouting and screaming at another person is sufficient to constitute an assault. The charge of battery is added as soon as physical contatc is made. In theory, shouting at someone and then pushing them aside is assault and battery.[/b] -
its a vulguar way of refering to sepukkuOriginally posted by wuming78:cool! thanx!
btw den wat is hara kiri?
anyway i saw that article somewhere b4. u got it from SPI's webby i think? -
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Watch out next for ' Why Bangkok isnt Thai capital at all, and the capital's real name'.and "Eating sardines? Do you know what you are actually eating?"
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Graeme Donalds on Things U Tot U To U Knew, not SPI..btw whats SPI?Originally posted by HENG@:its a vulguar way of refering to sepukku
anyway i saw that article somewhere b4. u got it from SPI's webby i think?
also, there is this thread on the movie Suicide Club somewhere, but the sucide i wrote here is more of samurai traditional sucide methods, jumping on to tracks of incoming train is the new fad.
Aggravated assault? Ah Ma scoldings plus curry bomb? -
btw where u find all these ah?Originally posted by laurence82:Watch out next for ' Why Bangkok isnt Thai capital at all, and the capital's real name'.and "Eating sardines? Do you know what you are actually eating?" -
they must have gotten it from there as wellOriginally posted by laurence82:Graeme Donalds on Things U Tot U To U Knew, not SPI..btw whats SPI?
also, there is this thread on the movie Suicide Club somewhere, but the sucide i wrote here is more of samurai traditional sucide methods, jumping on to tracks of incoming train is the new fad.
Aggravated assault? Ah Ma scoldings plus curry bomb?