Michael Jackson’s signature “anti-gravity lean” was made possible by special boots that hooked to the stage, which he helped design and patent.
In 1916 German agents blew up a munitions depot in New Jersey. The explosion was so large that it could be compared to a 5.5 Richter scale earthquake. $100,000 in damage was done to the Statue of Liberty and people as far away as Maryland were woken up by what they thought was an earthquake.
All mammals take about 20 seconds to pee no matter how large their bladder is.
In 1998, Marvel offered the cinematic rights of almost all of it’s characters to Sony for a mere $25 million. Sony rejected the offer, and only purchased the rights to Spiderman for $10 million believing that movie audiences would only care about him.
In 2010, a 12-year-old girl in New York was arrested, handcuffed, and detained at a police precinct for several hours for doodling on her desk in class.
The first Atomic bomb dropped on Japan was assembled while the aircraft was actually in flight. This was done to avoid detonation while taking off because bombers kept crashing and burning on the runway. It took them 25 minutes to assemble the weapon while in flight.
There is a mile-long zipline in Hoonah, Alaska, that starts 1,300ft above sea level and reaches speeds of up to 60mph.
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Nope. "Backpfeife" is a slap. BTW I'm native german.
Thats correct but the picture says Backpfeifengesicht. So a face for a slap. ;-)
Are you arguing about if you want to hit someone with a slap or a punch?
de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Backpfeifengesicht
umgangssprachlich, abwertend: ein Gesicht, das nach einer Ohrfeige bettelt.
colloquial, derogatory: a face that begs for a slap in the face.
de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Backpfeife
nord, mittelwestdeutsch: ein leichter Schlag auf die Wange, eine Ohrfeige.
North, Central West German: a light slap on the cheek, a slap in the face.