Interesting Facts

[Izeroth]

 Post any interesting facts you've learned here. Please don't discuss religion, politics, or anything else you think might be controversial.

[Skyblade]

The type of music you like is not something you're born with - it's acquired through experience.

[Luftwaffles]

The PC Version of the game Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth only exists because a group of employees from Headfist studios decided to work for free after the company went in bankruptcy right after releasing the Xbox version.

[Gonff the Mousethief]

A group of Unicorns is called a Blessing and the Unicorn is Scotland's national animal. I'm glad I'm mostly Scottish.

[Izeroth]

 Recent archeological discoveries have revealed that many dinosaurs were covered in feathers. (Check out Yutyrannus)

[Gonff the Mousethief]

I saw somewhere that some raptors were really the size of chickens.

[Luftwaffles]

Fur and water are the two hardest things to animate in 3D (if you want realistic results).

[Gonff the Mousethief]

Milk in commercials is usually either paint or paint thinner, or both combined.

[Skyblade]

Red rain has fallen in parts of Asia.

[Gonff the Mousethief]

Chicago dye's the Chicago River Green every Saint Patrick's Day.

[Luftwaffles]

The name "Futurama" was first used at the New York World's Fair in 1939 and was picked by the creators of said show after considering that their other possible titles weren't good enough.

[Izeroth]

 There are more sheep in New Zealand than people.

[Luftwaffles]

Due to a lack of budget, many of Stallone's relatives acted as extras during the filming of Rocky 1.

[Banya]

Chicago dye's the Chicago River Green every Saint Patrick's Day.

But they can't dye it blue the rest of the year.
(Line from The Fugitive.)

Though tulips are indicative of all things Dutch, tulips originated in the Mediterranean region of Afro-Eurasia and were brought to the Netherlands around the sixteenth century, where they were enthusiastically embraced by the Dutch population in a movement known as 'tulip mania.'

[Skyblade]

1 in 10 people who are cyber bullied don't tell an adult.