119 Amazing Facts (that you've never heard before)

[Kakero]

Originally posted by Willard: 57. In medieval Japan, fashionable women blackened their teeth to enhance their appearance. yes, and you can know which male have just kiss a female. LOL. 67. Sutoku, an Emperor of Japan copied the Lankauru Sutra, a 10,500 word Buddhist tract in his own blood. oh, and I thought I smell montoku. hehehe... [img]tongue.gif[/img] 114. Confucius is actually a Western way of pronouncing the name Kong Fuzi, which means "Kong, the Great Master." and we just call him Kong Zi. LOL

[B_part]

The first atomic bomb was partialy held together by TAPE!!!

Why bother making it robust since you have to blow it up?

Komodo Dragons have poisonous spit.

Actually IIRC it's not poisonous, but full of bacteria which can lead to severe infections and death if not countered with antibiotics. Deadly anyway.

The Anthrax biological weapon was first tested on penguins

And:
the first documented attempt of biological warfare was by Alexander the Great, who bombarded I don't remember which besieged city with corpses, attempting to create a plague.

the Japanese during WWII were allegedly planning or maybe carried out some sort of biological attack against the US. The issue is pretty confused. However after the war, a trial was held to ascertain responsibilities in the attempt and 12 of the defendants were found guilty and sentenced to jail.

71. Suicide was a crime in 19th century England. Those who failed attempting it were put to death by hanging.



73. The female black widow spider devours the male after mating. She may kill as many as 25 males a day.
THe male of the spider Argiope aurantia actually commits suicide during copulation: the sexual act deals a mortal wound to the male, which dies shortly afterwards. But the dead male remains attached to the female for some time, functioning as a chastity belt.

[ 07-04-2003, 01:14 PM: Message edited by: B_part ]