20 Chittering Facts That Really Pumped Our Jams
Did you know that Japanese high school students learn very little about World War 2? In fact, “Only 19 of the book's 357 pages dealt with events between 1931 and 1945,” according to Mariko Oi, a former Tokyo high school student, speaking about the texbook used. The early 1900s to WWII is pretty much kinda left out of the curriculum, in fact. Switching to biology, how about Anton syndrome? Have you ever heard of this type of blindness where individuals deny being blind? Well, the blindness occurs in the brain’s vision area rather than the eyes. But, since, because sufferers' eyes still work, doctors theorize they deny being blind. How wild is that? Finally, did you know that Japan had an illustrated history of America that was totally bonkers in 1861?! Among other things, it depicted John Adams stabbing a giant snake and George Washington punching a Tiger. Sadly, the anime version of this book has, as far as we know, not yet been produced.
A pilot supposedly vanished after a UFO encounter.
Jet Li became a Singapore citizen for his daughters.
A man raised by wolves is disappointed in humanity.
The first female senator was elected in 1896.
The police came to shut down the filming of “Swingers.”
A commercial with Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan led to “Space Jam.”
A single-driver car was manufactured that only weighed 130 lbs.
A Fitbit proved a man was lying about his dead wife.
Philly rejected the robot invasion.
The democratically elected ruler of Peru initiated a “self coup.”
China has an army of pigeons just in case their military can’t communicate.
Starsky and Hutch was based on real cops.
Wendy’s chocolate Frosty is only half chocolate.
Excel can have over a million rows.
A triad boss became the head of an opium suppression unit, which his criminal organization used to sell the opium.
An inflatable pig for Pink Floyd’s album cover got loose.
20 networks passed on Stranger Things.
Japan’s history of America in 1861 was bonkers.
A type of blindness occurs in the brain rather than the eyes.
Japanese history classes kind of skip over World War 2.
