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Post by Puppy on Feb 24, 2008 16:43:47 GMT -5
Here's an interesting fact about schools. In Japan the mandatory education level is only to the 9th grade, which is anywhere between 13-15, though is normally 14, years olds. After 9th grade they don't have to continue their education.
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Post by Dylanesque on Feb 24, 2008 17:12:32 GMT -5
And yet they're capable of producing the most advanced technology. Strange...
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Post by Bj on Feb 27, 2008 11:57:38 GMT -5
Yes, but I think along with the rest of us they failed art - some of their cars....
Oh I'm talking about them again.
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Post by Kain on Feb 27, 2008 12:01:48 GMT -5
u think the Japanese failed at art? Puppy is gunna yell at u for that 1 dude.. ever heard of manga?
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Post by Puppy on Feb 27, 2008 13:21:03 GMT -5
lol, Kain you beat me to it.
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Post by Dylanesque on May 3, 2008 19:23:26 GMT -5
It's the valiant return of interesting facts! ~Elvis Presley got a C in eighth grade music. ~There is a species of spider named after Harrison Ford. ~Some asteroids are orbited by other aseroids. ~You can not burp in zero gravity. ~Sheep outnumber people 15 to 1 in New Zealand. ~There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos. ~The sun is 330,330 times larger than Earth. ~Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime. ~The novel Gadsby, published in 1939, does not once contain the letter E. The author died on the day it was published (Probably from stress ;D) ~The most popular sport in nudist camps is Volleyball. ~There is a town in Australia called Fu ck ing. (Without spaces) ~Anacondas give birth to live young. ~85% of plant life lives in the ocean. ~The White House was originally grey. ~A typical lightning bolt is 2-5 inches wide and 2 miles long. ~The Spanish Inquisition once sentenced The Netherlands to death for heresy. I can't be bothered to do the whole 80s cartoon thing, but here's a picture of the Thundercats.
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