Fun facts

[ralphfan]

Fun fact: Tennessee and Missouri each border 8 states (including each other).

 

[Garlic Man]

Fun fact: In Japanese, there is onomatopoeia for silence.

 

[ralphfan]

WTF

Fun fact: By crossing the border between Afghanistan and China, the time changes by 3.5 hours.

 

[SmartGuy]

Fun fact: In Japanese, there is onomatopoeia for silence.

What? How does that work? :|

Fun fact: Sonic the Hedgehog was originally going to be a dog.

 

[Uniju]

Fun fact: In Japanese, there is onomatopoeia for silence.

What? How does that work? :|

Instead of mimicking it, simply represent it.

Fun fact: Sonic the Hedgehog was originally going to be a dog.

No.
Originally, they couldn't decide on a character.
There's a difference.

 

[SmartGuy]

Instead of mimicking it, simply represent it.

Still it seems strange to have a noise word for the abscence of sound.

No.
Originally, they couldn't decide on a character.
There's a difference.

Okay, my mistake.

 

[SiFi]

"Noise Word"? Is onomatopoeia really that hard to spell?

Besides, even if you did happen to misspell it, I'm sure nobody would notice.

Fun Fact: I'm really tired right now.

 

[ralphfan]

Fun fact - Lesotho is completely surrounded by South Africa.

 

[Stooben]

Fun fact: The world's largest silver nugget (weighing in at 1,840 pounds) was found in 1894, near Aspen, Colorado.

 

[Garlic Man]

Fun fact: Lincoln was assassinated at Ford theatre while Kennedy was assassinated in a Lincoln made by Ford.

 

[Stooben]

Wow.

That's actually pretty weird.

 

[Garlic Man]

Both presidents were succeeded by southerners named Johnson.