Vital Knowledge: Trivia

(BY-NC-ND by Amy Groark)

• The creature in the Taco Bueno symbol is none other than Cthulhu, taken out of an ancient Aztec version of the Necronomicon.
• Wolves will not chase you across moving water.
• Yosemite Sam's original name was Anti-Semitic Sam.
• If a frog egg hatches on land, it will be a frog instead of a tadpole.
• Ginger Ale does not contain Ginger, nor is it Ale.
• Mister Spock from Star Trek was originally supposed to wear red face paint, but it caused Leonard Nimoy to break out in a face-paint-like rash.
• Without any visual reference, birds will fly sideways and upside-down.
• Most homosexual males are still attracted to Lady GaGa.
• The reward for finding missing mail, established by the  is $15 per stamp.
• Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, are brothers.
• Rush Limbaugh voted for Al Gore.
• Pluto is not actually a planet, but rather a very old star known as a brown dwarf.
• The Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" actually refers to an affectionate nickname for Vanna White.
• Scientists have a complete strand of Dinosaur DNA but cannot clone them because of patent litigation.
• Michael Jackson can't sing. He lip-synched at all his concerts.
• The Egyptian pyramids and the pyramids of South America are similar because both cultures were too lazy to build cubes.
• Given enough time, water will dissolve anything, including people.
• Originally, Scuba divers were called that not because it was an acronym, but because that's the sound the mouthpiece made when they breathe.
• All the jokes about William Shatner are false. He actually has a full growth of natural hair, just not on his head.
• Fox is working on a new show that combines Glee with Most Amazing Car Chases.
• There was a real-life Tarzan who was lost in the African jungle. When he was found thirty years later, he could communicate with several types of african animals.
• the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast was based on a Japanese cartoon series called "Baka-sama wa ichiban!"
• Davey Crockett was actually a very timid man who never left New York City. Over the years, his legend developed in what you hear today.
• Japanese scientists in the 60's produced a creature they called Godzilla, but it was nowhere near as large or as dangerous as the movie version.
• Houseflies are one of the most poisonous creatures on the planet, but their stinger is too small to pierce our skin.