/jp/ - Otaku Culture

# Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
# Polar Bears trying to blend in with the ice will sometimes cover up their black nose with their paws.
# Pollsters say that 40 percent of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.
# Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.
# Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours.
# Reindeer like to eat bananas.
# Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
# Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
# Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
# Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
# Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games.
# Slugs have 4 noses.
# Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.
# Some toothpaste's contain antifreeze.
# Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
# "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
# Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
# Sylvia Miles had the shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar with "Midnight Cowboy." Her entire role lasted only six minutes.
# Texas is also the only state that is allowed to fly its state flag at the same height as the U.S. flag.
# The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)