Reddit.com has this great feature called: Today I Learned, which complies little interesting and trivial facts about random things.
We here at Long Awkward Pause have gathered a sample of some that we found worthy of mention:
A company is now able to mass produce spider silk. They inserted the genes of the spider into a species of silkworm, bred the worms and is now a product called, “MonsterSilk”.
In Greece, it is considered highly insulting to show someone your opened palm, about the equivalent of the middle finger.
The 1980 Italian film, “Cannibal Holocaust” had murder scenes so realistic that the director Ruggero Deodato was arrested for the murder of some of the cast members.
The actor who played Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy was 7’3” at his peak height
The LA Pet Cemetery supposedly houses a ghost dog named Kabar, who frequently “licks” those who pass by his grave.
Super Mario wears a hat because his creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, couldn’t draw hair.
The Philippines is the only country in the world where you can’t get a divorce.
Movie trailers used to come after the movie – “trailed” the movie but no one would stay after the film to watch them.
Caesar salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico
Dogs use the back of their tongues when drinking water.
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