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Apparently, this character, Ayumu 'Osaka' Kasuga from the anime Azumanga Daioh, was voted 7th in the top 100 poll "Anime Heroines of 2002" by readers of the Japanese anime magazine Newtype, but was the only character in the top ten who could not be categorised as "cute", "sexy", or "spunky".
 
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The first Howard Johnson motor lodge was built in 1954 in Savannah,Georgia.
 
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Fact #1973

The thing that Maid Marian is wearing on her head is called a Wymple. (Previously spelt as Ywymple).

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Random Fact 2112

Despite what most people think, no matter how long you've been living with your partner, there is no such thing as common law wife in the U.K.
 
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Random Fact #3922274
The "Betamax" name came from a double meaning: beta being the Japanese word used to describe the way signals were recorded onto the tape, and from the fact that when the tape ran through the transport it looked like the Greek letter "Beta". The suffix -max came from "maximum" to suggest greatness.
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Betamax did feature better image quality than VHS, but Sony sacrificed running time to achieve the higher definition.
 
^ We know. :lol:

But it is interesting anyways. And to think that Blu-Ray is technically better than HD DVD, and it won...
 
Random fact # googol

The Viper in my avatar actually does not have a Truck engine.
 
FACT 1168: The second US air-to-air MiG kill of Vietnam was performed by two obsolete Skyraider piston-driven ground attack aircraft. Neither had air-to-air radar or an air-to-air scope. The MiG that was shot down was a MiG 17 fighter jet.
 
Random fact #3.1415926535

Exactly 50 years ago today, the World Expo 1958 was opened in Brussels. Us Belgians had built a monument to celebrate this occasion in the shape of an ron crystal atom, many times enlarged. It was intended to stay there for only 6 months, but 50 years on it's still here.

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Fact # W.O. Bentley Speed Six:

The Greek words "omega" and "omicron" mean, roughly, "big O" and "little O", respectively, as in "o-mega" and "o-micron".
 
Radom Fact #1970

The maker of the TASER gun was a fan of the Tom Swift novels in his younger years. The word "taser" is actually an acronym for "Thomas A. Swift Electric Rifle".
 
The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. Fuck YOU Wright brothers.. :cool:
 
^ So how hard was that thrown? :lol:
 
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