1. Women purchase 85% of all valentines.
2. In Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St Valentine's Day to make them dream of their future husband.
3. On average, men shell out $130 each on candy, cards, jewelry, flowers and dates. That’s more than double what women commit to spending.
Fun Fact:
In the early stages of its development, Half-Life 2 featured a friendly alien that would follow Gordon Freeman around, feasting on the bodies of his fallen enemies. It was taken out when Valve discovered that the AI would be too difficult to convincingly program.
Fact :
When contestants are kicked off of Gordan Ramseys show "Hells Kitchen" ,they are giving psychological examinations. The show is so draining that the producers want to make sure the contestants won't kill themselves or someone else .
Timely Comics, created in 1939, which became known Atlas Comics in the 1950s, and later evolved into Marvel Comics, produced a number of memorable tails of Superheros such as Captain America as early as 1941.
It is seriously likely that this chain of comics and Company existed in the Fallout Universe, prior to the Timeline divergent, as that is theorized to have taken place closer to the 1950s/late 40s. Effectively putting Superheros such as Captain America, and the Human Torch. Along with the iconic Batman, and Superman, published by sister companies "National Comics/All-American Comic (The future DC Comics)", safely within the history of the Fallout Universe. What would become Marvel comics, likely either died out, was purchased by a larger company, or maybe, even came to evolve into the notable Hubris Comics...
Meaning somewhere in the Fallout world, under the piles of Grognak the Barbarian, The Unstoppables, and Silver Shroud comic books, is a vintage copy of a faded magazine, depicting Captain America punching Hitler in the jaw.
Fun Facts:
1. Apples belong to the rose family, as do pears and plums
2. Oklahoma’s state vegetable is the watermelon.
3. 89% of people in Sweden speak English.
Fun Halloween Facts:
1.The biggest pumpkin pie on record was 20 feet in diameter and weighed 3,699 pounds. It was baked by the New Breman Giant Pumpkin Growers in Ohio in 2010, breaking their own previous world's record of 2,020 pounds. The ginormous orange pie contained 1,212 pounds of pumpkin, 233 dozen eggs, 109 gallons of evaporated milk, 525 pounds of sugar, 7 pounds of salt, and 14.5 pounds of cinnamon.
2.Ireland is typically believed to be the birthplace of Halloween.
Fun Halloween Facts:
1. The word "witch" comes from the Old English wicce, meaning "wise woman." In fact, wiccan were highly respected people at one time. According to popular belief, witches held one of their two main meetings, or sabbats, on Halloween night.
2. The owl is a popular Halloween image. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches, and to hear an owl's call meant someone was about to die.
Fun Halloween Facts:
1.Scottish girls believed they could see images of their future husband if they hung wet sheets in front of the fire on Halloween. Other girls believed they would see their boyfriend’s faces if they looked into mirrors while walking downstairs at midnight on Halloween.
2.According to tradition, if a person wears his or her clothes inside out and then walks backwards on Halloween, he or she will see a witch at midnight.
Strange Laws From Around The World:
1. In Britain it is illegal to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances.
2. In Missouri it is illegal to drive with an uncaged bear
Strange Laws From Around The World:
1. In Singapore, selling non-medical chewing gum or chewing normal gum is a fine of $1000. A second offense costs $2000 and being forced to clean a public area of the city for a day. If a person litters three times, they must clean the streets wearing a bib that reads “I’m a litterer.” Even pharmacists who sell the medical gum and forget to ID get two years in jail. Spitting is also illegal and can result in arrest.
2: In Iowa, it is illegal for a man with a mustache to kiss a woman in public.
