Absolutely Fascinating Facts @ RaNdOm!

[Katherine, the awkward one]

Nearly all cultures have showered the wedding couple with symbolic food. For example, the French throw wheat, Sicilians throw wheat bread and salt, and the English throw pieces of cake. Early Romans or Greeks threw nuts, dates, and seed-bearing plants. Bulgarians have thrown figs.

Hahahaha! I don't know why, but when I read the fig part I started laughing hysterically. Imagine flying figs whizzing dangerously close to your face...

[Katherine, the awkward one]

Studies show that if a man meets a woman in a dangerous situation (and vice versa), such as on a trembling bridge, he is more likely to fall in love with her than if he met her in a more mundane setting, such as in an office.

This is why I'm definitely meeting Taemin somewhere thrilling and dangerous ;P

[Katherine, the awkward one]

In some African ceremonies, it was a sentiment of well wishing to greet the new bride with the words: “May you bear 12 children with him.

Bahaha, I would have replied with "You crazy!"

[Arushi]

Wow, Kat, some craaaaazy facts there xD

Are they all true? Some of them are soooo strange I cant imagine state legislature even passing them :P

[Katherine, the awkward one]

Because ducks mate for life, a Korean groom will ask a happily married friend to make him two small wooden ducks for his new household.

Taemin! Go ask someone to carve you two ducks!! XD

Oriental wedding dresses often display embroidered cranes, which are symbols of life-long fidelity. At Japanese weddings, the presence of 1001 white paper origami cranes is considered good luck.

[Katherine, the awkward one]

LisaLisa *adrian & patch* wrote: "Wow, Kat, some craaaaazy facts there xD

Are they all true? Some of them are soooo strange I cant imagine state legislature even passing them :P"

Me either! I'm not even sure, I got them from a website I was looking at. I'm pretty sure they (should have) got(ten) repealed or something :P

[Katherine, the awkward one]

Penelope wrote: "All porcupines float in water.

America once issued a 5-cent bill.

Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

Bubble gum contains rubber.

Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

Did you kn..."

"PEZ"? and hahaha pillows of stone. I knew that.

[Katherine, the awkward one]

Penelope wrote: "(Ha... Yea.. PEZ!)
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice."

G..."

What is "PEZ"?

[Arushi]

lols i used to have pez all the time xD

1. More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!

2. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

3. You can start a fire with ice.

4. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

5. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour.

6. Wearing yellow makes you look bigger on camera; green, smaller.

7. There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.

8. There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants.

9. The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.

10. Most lipstick contains fish scales!

11. Most people who read the word 'yawning' will yawn! (lol, i yawned, did you?)

12. More than 50% of Americans fall asleep on their sides. (That would be me :D)

[Katherine, the awkward one]

LisaLisa [i wuv adrian ivashkov] wrote: "lols i used to have pez all the time xD

1. More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year!

2. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is differe..."

haha we we have the same odds of dying if we are in a tornado and falling out of bed :P