* The Greek name for mosquitoes are "ανώφελες (anó̱feles)", or "good-for-nothing".
* Bob Marley's hit song is actually "No Woman,
Nuh Cry", not "no" (which is Anglicized; "nuh" is Jamaican Patois for "don't"). Not implying that if you're still single don't eat your heart out ;-)
* Ashton Kutcher almost killed himself to save his dying brother who needed a heart transplant when he was 13, but was dissuaded when a donor heart became available.
* There's an annual lying competition in England, and each contestant is given 5 minutes to try to convince people that they're lying. Lawyers and politicians are banned since they are thought to be good at it as it is.
* North Korea fears that Choco-Pies can be considered a form of uprising and has it banned. People from South Korea often sends balloons loaded with Choco-Pies, DVDs and photos over just to piss Kim Jong Un off and encourage them that there is a better world outside the DMZ.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...orea/13414039/