bitful

1. According to McAfee, Hong Kong (.hk) is the most dangerous domain to surf and search on the web. Finland (.fi) is the safest.
2. Andy Warhol died of water intoxication.
3. In Japan you wash and rinse yourself outside the bathtub, which is only for soaking so that you leave the water clean for the next person using it.
4. In Spanish, the word 'sándwich' is only used for a sandwich made with bread baked in a square mould, otherwise it is called 'bocadillo'.
5. Life magazine shut down three times, the last in 2007 (but survives as an online brand).
6. The name of the French band Air is a backronym for ' Amour, Imagination, Rêve' (French for 'Love, Imagination, Dream')
7. Nucleated glassware have the inside base sandblasted to increase and retains bubbles in carbonated drinks.

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