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I googled it: Kon,ichiwa

But,no, that's incorrect. I took japanese for a semester, and that means something like : Nice to meet you....I think.

In Italian, "Ciao!" means both 'HI!' and 'LATER!' as an informal way to address a friend when coming or going. Also "pronto!" means 'hello!"... which confused me when I first got there and my guy kept answering the phone saying "Pronto!", and I had to ask him in my broken Italian/French hybrid... our only language in common... why he always sounded so impatient when he answered the phone. Gotta love the humor of language barriers.

A couple of other funny language barrier ones:
'prego' to United Statesians means a type of pasta sauce, in Italian is means 'welcome' or sometimes 'you're welcome'

'Nova' was a Chevrolet car made in the 80s. They couldn't understand why it wasn't selling at all oversees in france or certain french-speaking countries in Africa.

The reason that it failed is that 'Nova' sounds to them like 'No Va' which, in French, means 'doesn't go'.

Chestnut won the 92nd Annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, beating six-time defending champion Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi by consuming 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes, which set a new world record. The following year, he successfully defended his title by winning a 5 hot dog eat-off after tying Kobayashi in consuming 59 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. On July 4, 2009, Chestnut outlasted Kobayashi again, by consuming a new world record of 68 hot dogs and buns and winning his third consecutive title. On July 4th, 2010, Chestnut took home his 4th consecutive Mustard Belt eating 54 dogs and buns.

I ACTUALLY ATE A HOT DOG WHILE WATCHING THIS LIVE ON ESPN! It happened this morning! I'm gonna start making Joey Chestnut fan t-shirts. How awesome are sports?! I'm still awestruck, not just by the number of hot dogs, but by the fact that this even exists and is televised on ESPN.

YESSS! life is awesome. have a hot dog.

The place where I buy my warhammer is located in a shopping center called Loehman's Plaza. This was built on top of a german POW camp that housed many members of Germany's Afrika Korp.

Some of those POW's enjoyed the state so much that they moved to it after the end of the war, although most of them went back to Germany.

They publish Nutrition Facts on bags of snack chips. I think if you are eating snack chips nutrition is pretty low on your priority list. Mine have 10% of my daily value of Thiamin, Niacin, and Phosphorus, 17% sodium, 12% carbohydrate! All that goodness from a 2oz. bag of 'flamin hot munchies'! YESS!

Nutritionally speaking a "serving" of Fig Newtons is exactly 2 cookies.

helgrenze wrote:Nutritionally speaking a "serving" of Fig Newtons is exactly 2 cookies.

THATS BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!! THE NUTRITIONAL SERVING OF FIG NEWTONS IS THE WHOLE BOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Commissar NIkev wrote:

helgrenze wrote:Nutritionally speaking a "serving" of Fig Newtons is exactly 2 cookies.

THATS BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!! THE NUTRITIONAL SERVING OF FIG NEWTONS IS THE WHOLE BOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ice cream has less calories that frozen yogurt (at least the one I'm eating right now does )

Samus_aran115 wrote:

Commissar NIkev wrote:

helgrenze wrote:Nutritionally speaking a "serving" of Fig Newtons is exactly 2 cookies.

THATS BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!! THE NUTRITIONAL SERVING OF FIG NEWTONS IS THE WHOLE BOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ice cream has less calories that frozen yogurt (at least the one I'm eating right now does )

Both healthy and Delicious

Omnomnom.
Seriously, I much prefer the multi-colored sherbert to just one color. The variety makes me feel good about my purchase

Oh, and color=flavor. It's like when people say "flavored candle" but they mean "scented".

Samus_aran115 wrote:Omnomnom.
Seriously, I much prefer the multi-colored sherbert to just one color. The variety makes me feel good about my purchase

Oh, and color=flavor. It's like when people say "flavored candle" but they mean "scented".

haha,
flavored candle? no one says flavo- *hears mother saying flavored candle over phone* damnit

Commissar NIkev wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:Omnomnom.
Seriously, I much prefer the multi-colored sherbert to just one color. The variety makes me feel good about my purchase

Oh, and color=flavor. It's like when people say "flavored candle" but they mean "scented".

haha,
flavored candle? no one says flavo- *hears mother saying flavored candle over phone* damnit

Another useless fact, magic johnson overcame aides, but that's impossible....I think some super secret science can cure famous people of their nasty diseases, but they don't want to tell normal people about it...What do you guys think?

The definition of Aids changes almost yearly... depending on the country/area in question.

helgrenze wrote:The definition of Aids changes almost yearly... depending on the country/area in question.

Maybe Magic Johnson is really magic, like I always assumed

Well he did survive high school with the name Earvin.....

helgrenze wrote:Well he did survive high school with the name Earvin.....

In other news, people are finding that digital cameras are complete crap no matter how many megapixels they have. People are actually starting to use film again. That makes me excited because now I can get those film canisters

My fact:

Samus_aran115 enjoys theft, and probably other illegal activites. If you misinterpret rules from your army book, he will steal your best miniature.

Cheers.

It's funny, that's indeed a useless fact

Inquisitor_Syphonious wrote:My fact:

Samus_aran115 enjoys theft, and probably other illegal activites. If you misinterpret rules from your army book, he will steal your best miniature.

Cheers.

Lets drop the personal attacks people or this thread will be closed.

Hmmm.

OK, let's try and keep this on a level that follows the rules of this site.

Thanks.

EDIT

Who knew Frazz was a Ninja too?

Useless fact:
Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.

I'm sure pools use up the other 40%

I shower once a week and flush once a day. Water is not my friend... but back to the more interesting useless facts:

The back of the one-dollar bill is considered to be one of the most intricate compilations of latice-work, symbology, and just plain crazyness. Did you know there used to be little owls hiding in the lattice stuff?

Hiccups are annoying.

Im from Liverpool.

I am almost out of beer.
As far as slightly more interesting useless facts:
There are 93 steps from the first floor to the third floor of the Portland Public Library in Portland Oregon. There are actually 4 floors but between 2 and 3 they have staff offices and all that cryptic stuff that libraries like to keep out of the public. The building is huge, frequented mostly by homeless who need to take a dump and school children on field trips, and you can hear echoes of the footsteps of visitors when they walk in all the way on the top floor because of its dome-and-circle design. SHHHHHhhhh

The Eiffel Tower has been "Sold" twice by the same man, as part of a con.

SyFy Original Movies suck.
In contrast, SyFy Original Series are incredible. How can you not fall in love with the characters from Eureka and Warehouse 13?

Did you know that if you stare at the sun just as it sets, you can see a green flash? And feel a sharp blow to the head, and hear the faint hum of me driving away in your new Tesla Roadster?

The exact cause of this phenomenon is unknown, but its thought to be linked to atmospheric refraction and you getting a really cool car.

drukawski wrote:Did you know that if you stare at the sun just as it sets, you can see a green flash? And feel a sharp blow to the head, and hear the faint hum of me driving away in your new Tesla Roadster?

The exact cause of this phenomenon is unknown, but its thought to be linked to atmospheric refraction and you getting a really cool car.

XKCD reader, fine sir? xD