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Déesse

Sailor Déesse
Mistress of Pink
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy








Since: 08-14-04
From: The Moon

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Posted on 03-20-05 02:27 PM Link | Quote
that someone else might not know?

- I found out that the mouth of the statue of liberty is 3 feet wide.
- A female kangaroo is called a Flyer.
- The average speed of a house fly is 4.5 miles an hour.
- You share your birthday with around 9 million people all over the world.

... and that's all I have so far
Elara

Divine Mamkute
Dark Elf Goddess
Chaos Imp
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Since: 08-15-04
From: Ferelden

Since last post: 73 days
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Posted on 03-21-05 12:00 AM Link | Quote
I know:

- A "mosquito eater" is actually called a Crane Fly and does not eat mosquitos.
- Dracula was based on two real life people (Prince Vlad Dracula of Wallachia, Romania and Countess Elizabeth Bathory of Hungary)
- "Boo" actually scares people
- Vampire myth largely came from a disease called Porphiria (sp?)


(Last edited by Elara on 03-21-05 03:01 AM)
Déesse

Sailor Déesse
Mistress of Pink
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy








Since: 08-14-04
From: The Moon

Since last post: 6326 days
Last activity: 6058 days
Posted on 03-21-05 12:23 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Elara

- "Boo" actually scares people

It does indeedy, you wouldn't believe how many times my friends have snuck up behind me and said "boo" ... I do get scared easily though

But the one about Dracula is interesting. I've always been kind of fascinated by Vampires
Elara

Divine Mamkute
Dark Elf Goddess
Chaos Imp
Penguins Fan

Ms. Invisable








Since: 08-15-04
From: Ferelden

Since last post: 73 days
Last activity: 73 days
Posted on 03-21-05 01:30 AM Link | Quote
Yeah, I found out that one and the porphiria (I know that is spelled wrong dammit) when I was doing a research project on Vampires a while back. Facinating really... I ended up giving a lecture to my 10th grade history class on Vlad, since his name came up during our discussion of the Ottoman Empire.

Oh yeah, speaking of him:

- Vlad Dracula was also known as Vlad Tempes or Vlad the Impaler. His father was Vlad Dracul.

- Dracula, in the Romanian tongue of that time, had two meanings: "Son of the Dragon" or "Son of the Devil".

- Vlad Dracul got the name Dracul for belonging to (I forget exact name) the Order of the Dragon, which was a group of nobles pledged to fight the Turks that were trying to invade.
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