Because the Straight Dope tells me so - things learned from the Dope.

Oh, and I’m pretty sure it was on the Dope, when I mentioned how many Koreans smell a bit of Garlic and Kimchi, someone else mentioned that many Asians think that Americans and Europeans smell vaguely of sour milk.

Something to do with our diets. :smiley:

Canadians are screwed by their own Customs. Apparently, there are negotiations underway by Canada and the US to “normalize” their Customs requirements. Based on the news, I’m of the understanding that Americans can buy and declare $200 worth of goods tax-free after a visit to Canada of 24 hours or less. Canadians who visit the US for 24 hours or less get an exemption of … nothing. Zero dollars. Zilch. Nada. Or, as our French-speaking Canadian friends would say, rien.

I hope that the negotiations between our two countries will finally allow Canadians to buy things in the US on a day trip, and bring them home without having to pay tax.

Why shit is brown. (Bilirubin)

The genitalia of a drone bee is the largest proportionally to its body size. Among the largest of any animal on Earth.

And then there are those things, that I really would have been perfectly content, not knowing! :rolleyes:

That the scanner the Doctor used in Star Trek was really a modern-style salt shaker.

That the song the guy sings in “Animal House” right before Bluto smashes his guitar is an actual well known folk song, and not just something written for the movie. “I gave my love a chicken that had no bones” - really?

Ha! (see no 1, props, in http://www.cracked.com/article/231_5-things-hollywood-reuses-more-than-plots_p2/ )

But I learned it here first.

How many have learned that there is absolutely no I after the V in mischievous?

Even though I know better, I occasionally find myself pronouncing it “Miss-CHEE-vee-us” when speaking, too.