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The word "dog" is very mysterious for such a common word.
From the Online Etymology Dictionary:

dog (n.)​

"quadruped of the genus Canis," Old English docga, a late, rare word, used in at least one Middle English source in reference specifically to a powerful breed of canine; other early Middle English uses tend to be depreciatory or abusive. Its origin remains one of the great mysteries of English etymology.

The word forced out Old English hund (the general Germanic and Indo-European word, from root from PIE root *kwon-) by 16c. and subsequently was picked up in many continental languages (French dogue (16c.), Danish dogge, German Dogge (16c.)). The common Spanish word for "dog," perro, also is a mystery word of unknown origin, perhaps from Iberian. A group of Slavic "dog" words (Old Church Slavonic pisu, Polish pies, Serbo-Croatian pas) likewise is of unknown origin.
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This stuff is only interesting if you're not already familiar with astronomy:

All of those lines on the globe like equator, tropics, and arctic and antarctic have real-world meanings.

The tropics are those latitudes between which the Sun spends at least one day directly overhead.
The polar regions/Arctic and Antarctic are those latitudes in which the Sun spends at least one day entirely in the Sun or entirely in the night.
The zodiac is basically constellations that you only see at certain times of year, as the Earth revolves the constellations around it warp (different perspective) and those are the ones that you would see through the course of a year. They lay in the Milky Way (as in, along that band you see).

I had a celestial globe that I asked for a present one year but was purely decorative. When I took a class on solar system astronomy I was surprised to find that the globe was really a piece of technology which you could use to set up the night sky for any given time of year for any place on Earth and then match it up to the sky outside. The surprise to me was that these latitudes had objective, meaningful real-world definitions instead of just being subjective definitions.
 
You know this voice of venom form 2000? Then second only to the animated series voice for venom.
Well that voice was done entirely by Darrian Norris himself without any sort of filters or manipulation either digital or analog. It's all him and pure talent.

Bonus facts:

Jennifer Hale who voiced Black Cat also voiced her in that game and That's also Efrem Zimbalist Jr. The Voice of Doc Ock from Spider-man TAS reprising his role.

The voice of carnage is Dee Bradley Barker who is also the Voice of Klaus on American Dad, Darrian Norris would also provide voice work on American Dad as the voice of Stan's father.
 
A Grey Cat said:
You know this voice of venom form 2000? Then second only to the animated series voice for venom.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HebgOlxQVVA:463Well that voice was done entirely by Darrian Norris himself without any sort of filters or manipulation either digital or analog. It's all him and pure talent.

Bonus facts:

Jennifer Hale who voiced Black Cat also voiced her in that game and That's also Efrem Zimbalist Jr. The Voice of Doc Ock from Spider-man TAS reprising his role.

The voice of carnage is Dee Bradley Barker who is also the Voice of Klaus on American Dad, Darrian Norris would also provide voice work on American Dad as the voice of Stan's father.
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He also voiced Darkschieder(sic?) in the BASTARD!! OVA dub
 
Wraith said:
Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie. If you know the people behind it and why things are the way they are, it's legitimately a WWII themed movie. The fact that it's during Christmas is only a hint about certain elements in play and has nothing really to do with the holiday itself. DH3 is a bit the same way as well.
Also in worst korea some people play DH1 during Christmas as a thing.
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I feel the same why about the nightmare before Christmas. I just don’t see it as a Christmas/ Halloween movie
 
Legend has it that if the Liver Bird statues on top of the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool, England were to ever face towards each other, the city would cease to exist.
 
From OKCupid. Thought it was interesting.
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During the sinking of HMHS Britannic, 30 people were killed when two of the ship's lifeboats drifted into the still-turning propellers.

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There is a sort of taboo beer mix in Germany that is made by mixing beer and cola that is popularly called "Neger" which translates literally to nigger. It is taboo because it's horrendously bad, not because of the name.
 
In 1974, the US government experimented with making cents out of aluminum due to the increasing price of copper. Most of the prototypes ended up being melted down and destroyed, but a handful managed to escape. The last time someone said they had one, the Mint chimped out and said it was illegal for them to own.
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During the Spanish Civil war, Franco ended up as its leader by coincidence and luck because the 2 previous leaders of the uprising died when their planes crashed during takeoff (one in 36 and another in 37).
 
When Adam Lanza tried to kill himself using his Glock 20SF, he had to chamber and eject 4 live rounds before he could get the gun to fire. When the gun did go off, it promptly failed to chamber another round afterward.
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During the Spanish Civil war there were several aid and resistance movement within the Republican side. The most important was called Social Aid, which was a group made up by women in the besieged city of Madrid to distribute and ration food and clothing to all members of the group. They had a very hard pass to accept members, only taking trusted relatives and friends into the group, reaching up to a couple thousand women. Despite the size, they were never discovered by the spy network of the Republic.
 
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