M A R U I S M

Galing Gmail ko, mula sa kabutihang-loob ni Kups ko. Charot!

1. The first female monster to appear on the big screen was Bride of Frankenstein.
2. Before Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat was the most popular cartoon character.
3. Chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt."
4. An apple, onion, and potato all have the same taste. The differences in flavor are caused by their smell. To prove this – pinch your nose and take a bite from each. They will all taste sweet.
5. Spam stands for Shoulder Pork and Ham.
6. Only food that does not spoil: honey.
7. A hard-boiled egg will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not.
8. A "sysygy" occurs when all the planets of our Solar System line up.
9. "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.
10. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it’s head are the rabbit and the parrot.
11. The word ‘set ‘ has the most number of definitions in the English language: 192.
12. Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.
13. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.
14. One thousand contains the letter A, but none of the words from one to nine hundred ninety-nine has an A.
15. The word four has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.
16. No two zebras have stripes that are exactly alike.
17. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
18. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

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#2 – Hala! Akala ko eh nung 80′s lang sumikat si Felix Bakat err the Cat.

#4 – Sus! Busy ako para patunayan pa yan. Kebs ko naman kung magkapareho sila ng lasa.

#6 – Trulili! May bote ako ng honey na 3 years na yata dito sa akin, hindi ko sya inilalagay sa loob ng ref at hanggang ngayon ay hindi sya nasisira. Duda ko, baka mas malaki pa ang tsansa na mauna akong masira kesa honey ko.

#7 – Ang nasubukan ko lang noon, ay may lalaki na halos ay umi-spin ang ulo, nung nahawakan at napiga ko ang soft eggs.

#14 – Uy! Nag-isip at nagbilang pa talaga ako sa nalaman kong ‘to ha. Oo nga noh!

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"At the end of the day, even though things have changed, some things remain the same, di ba? Kaya dapat huwag mo kakalimutn ang lumang ikaw" – Derek Ramsey, ONE MORE CHANCE (2007)

Gustong-gusto ko pag may sini-share o pinapadala sa akin si Kups sa Gmail ko na mga INTERESTING FACTS chuchu.

Aminin ko, interesado akong magbasa ng mga ganitetch. Pakiramdam ko kasi ay nagiging SMART (sori GLOBE) at nagle-level up ako sa mga nalalaman ko.

Tsaka siguro kung ganito palagi ang pinapadala sa akin ni Kups imbes na mga naked pics nya (Hihihi! To Kups:) ay kahit papano ay mababawasan ang kalawang sa pumupurol kong utak.

Desidido na ako, tatantanan ko na rin ang kababasa ng mga erotic sex stories. Hahaha! Hmp! Ganun din naman, reading sex stories, may madagdag man sa akin na kaalaman tungkol sa mga teknik ng mga makamundong pagnanasa ek-ek, waley naman din akong pag-aaplayan sa true to life. Lech!

Kaya dapat mga ganito na lang talaga ang binabasa ko kasi sure na sure may mapapala pa akong kaalaman. Naks!

1. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
2. The word “modem” is a contraction of the words “modulate, demodulate.” (MOdulate DEModulate)
3. Crossing one’s fingers is a way of secretly making the sign of the Cross. It was started by early Christians to ask for divine assistance without attracting the attention of pagans.
4. In the 1700′s you could purchase insurance against going to hell, in London England.
5. Ferdinand Porsche, who later went on to build sports cars bearing his own name, designed the original 1936 Volkswagen.
6. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
7. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
8. Florence Nightingale served only two years of her life as a nurse. She contracted fever during her service in the Crimean War, and spent the last 50 years of her life as an invalid.
9. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades – King David; Clubs – Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds – Julius Caesar.
10. Actor Steve McQueen encouraged his karate teacher to pursue a career in acting. The teacher? Chuck Norris. McQueen is quoted as telling Norris, “If you can’t do anything else’ there’s always acting.”
11. Mickey Mouse was the first non-human to win an Oscar.
12. The “glair” is the white or clear part of an egg. The word glair comes from the Latin clarus, meaning “clear.”
13. MAFIA is an acronym for Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela, or “Death to the French is Italy’s Cry”
14. acetwothreefourfivesixseveneightninetenjackqueenking Excluding the joker, if you add up the letters in all the names of the cards in the deck (Ace, two, three, four,…,king). the total number of letters is 52, the same as the number of cards in the deck.
15. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.

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#3 – Sa Pinoy… Peksman ang tawag natin diyan di ba? Bakit kaya Peksman?

#4 – Kung meron pa nito hanggang ngayon, sigurado ko mamamakyaw ng insurance ang mga kurap na politiko at ang mga mayayamang mapang-api! Lol!

#7 – Ang nanay (RIP) ko naman, ay marunong humawak ng bolpen at magsulat mapa-kaliwa o kanan man na kamay. Hindi nga lang sabay gaya ni Da Vinci.

#9 – Attention mga sugarol at adik sa tong-its: knows nyo ba ‘to? If not, pakatitigan nyo next time ang mga hawak na baraha.

#15 – Trulili! I just Googled it.

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“Ang pag-ibig pala parang bill ng kuryente. Ang daming hidden charges, wala kang laban” – Janus del Prado, I Do (2011)