Random facts - Because they are awesome

[ProfParanoia]

The movie if.... won the 1968-69 Palme Dor at the Cannes film festival even though in the ballot it only got 3rd over all. It was given the win above the other two movies, because they were from nations fighting each other and Cannes didn't want to start something.

[nomemory]

spell check says it's wrong too

I use a British/real English spell-check.

[Vylash]

spell check says it's wrong too

I use a British/real English spell-check.

you might wanna use a real english spell checker then, and not a crappy british one

[Dus]

The bear is still here!

That is a great fact

+1

People from Tokyo stand on the left side of the escalator, while people from Osaka stand on the right side.
This is because Tokyo (or rather Edo) used to be a city of samurais who needed to be able to draw their katana at the drop of a head, while Osakans where mostly merchants.

And about the -ise/-ize issue:
If you're learning English as a foreign language then I'd recommend using -ise, simply because there are some words that have to be spelled with an s (devise, improvise, revise, exercise,...). If you choose the AE spelling then you'll have to memorize these exceptions.

But is it supposed the be spelled with z? If it is I will spell it that way, at least I will try to.

In BE you can always use -ise. It's not commonly used in AE though and Oxford Spelling also uses -ize. The European Commission uses -ise.
There are no words that HAVE to be spelled -ize, unless I'm forgetting something. When in doubt, rely on your spell-check and not on Parkur.

spell check says it's wrong too

Because you're using an AE spell check, utterly pointless as it won't help you to learn how to spell things correctly.

[Azu]

Fixed

I'm kind of allergic to eat citrus directly, I feel like puking... But I can drink it in soda, juice and eat in candy... But not the fruit...  :-\
It's the same thing with mom...

I wouldn't call it a friend either... I just feel like dying when the "friend" is on a visit

Anyhow the FI and mafia are the best off-topic threads on the forum! (Super great fact!)

Ohh. *hugs* (>___>;

[Vylash]

Fixed

I'm kind of allergic to eat citrus directly, I feel like puking... But I can drink it in soda, juice and eat in candy... But not the fruit...  :-\
It's the same thing with mom...

I wouldn't call it a friend either... I just feel like dying when the "friend" is on a visit

Anyhow the FI and mafia are the best off-topic threads on the forum! (Super great fact!)

Ohh. *hugs* (>___>;

[Akonyl]

The bear is still here!

That is a great fact

+1

People from Tokyo stand on the left side of the escalator, while people from Osaka stand on the right side.
This is because Tokyo (or rather Edo) used to be a city of samurais who needed to be able to draw their katana at the drop of a head, while Osakans where mostly merchants.

And about the -ise/-ize issue:
If you're learning English as a foreign language then I'd recommend using -ise, simply because there are some words that have to be spelled with an s (devise, improvise, revise, exercise,...). If you choose the AE spelling then you'll have to memorize these exceptions.

and yet you still said "memorize" instead of "memorise"

-ize: superior. Sometimes.

[Vylash]

The bear is still here!

That is a great fact

+1

People from Tokyo stand on the left side of the escalator, while people from Osaka stand on the right side.
This is because Tokyo (or rather Edo) used to be a city of samurais who needed to be able to draw their katana at the drop of a head, while Osakans where mostly merchants.

And about the -ise/-ize issue:
If you're learning English as a foreign language then I'd recommend using -ise, simply because there are some words that have to be spelled with an s (devise, improvise, revise, exercise,...). If you choose the AE spelling then you'll have to memorize these exceptions.

and yet you still said "memorize" instead of "memorise"

-ize: superior.

[Dus]

The bear is still here!

That is a great fact

+1

People from Tokyo stand on the left side of the escalator, while people from Osaka stand on the right side.
This is because Tokyo (or rather Edo) used to be a city of samurais who needed to be able to draw their katana at the drop of a head, while Osakans where mostly merchants.

And about the -ise/-ize issue:
If you're learning English as a foreign language then I'd recommend using -ise, simply because there are some words that have to be spelled with an s (devise, improvise, revise, exercise,...). If you choose the AE spelling then you'll have to memorize these exceptions.

and yet you still said "memorize" instead of "memorise"

-ize: superior. Sometimes.

That's because I've already memorized the exceptions. I'm not really consistent with it, but I mostly use -ize anyway. That was just some general advice.

[Callid]

Two members of the Harem are also members of the CCP. However, with one exception all members of the CCP were considered to be members of the Harem at one point.

It's heavily debated if the titles Emperor of Off-Topic, King of Off-Topic and Emperor of First Impression do exist and who holds them.

The links concerning Eve's profile still link to Khinkhun, resulting in an error when trying to access her profile via link.

[nomemory]

Two members of the Harem are also members of the CCP. However, with one exception all members of the CCP were considered to be members of the Harem at one point.

Who is the exception? You and me are members, Conia, Yuriko and DT was. Have I forgotten a member? D:

[Callid]

Two members of the Harem are also members of the CCP. However, with one exception all members of the CCP were considered to be members of the Harem at one point.

Who is the exception? You and me are members, Conia, Yuriko and DT was. Have I forgotten a member? D:

DT was?

[nomemory]

Two members of the Harem are also members of the CCP. However, with one exception all members of the CCP were considered to be members of the Harem at one point.

Who is the exception? You and me are members, Conia, Yuriko and DT was. Have I forgotten a member? D:

DT was?

Yes, I removed him from the list even before the agreement between harem and CCP was in place because he really didn't want to be a member.

[Crap4869]

At one time due to a typo spinach was said to have 10x of its actual iron which caused people around the world to consume spinach alot more, and Popeye was created related to it.

In Hawaii there's an island called Niihau which sounds the same as "Hello" in Chinese

Edit: Awesome thread! Glad it's revived.

[baka1412]

2nd street is the most common street name, because the 1st street usually named by something else...