5 Fast Facts To Impress Your Friends About Olympics.

With the 2016 Rio Olympics that is ongoing there is a lot of excitement across the globe.

Teams from all over the world are competing in various different sports to take home coveted gold medals, and while the athletes are in Brazil swimming, tumbling, running and more, viewers back home are cheering them on as they race across their TV screens.

While statistics and rosters are great to know as the event is going on, we thought it would be fun to give you some fun facts to relay (pun totally intended) to your friends during commercial breaks or other moments of down time.

Here are five fast facts about the Olympics to get you excited as the event is ongoing:

1. Rio de Janeiro is the first city in South America to host the Olympics. They are running from Aug. 5 - Aug. 21, 2016,  Olympic soccer tournament began Aug. 3.

2. Did you know the Olympics has a mascot? The 2016 Olympic Games mascot is Vinicius, a bright-yellow catlike figure that also has elements of monkeys and birds. The name pays tribute to Brazilian musician Vinicius de Moraes.

3. This year there are two "new" Olympic sports: golf and rugby sevens. They're considered "new" because they've both been part of past Olympic games, but not in many years. Rugby returns after 92 years, while golf makes a comeback after 112 years.

4. The slogan for these Olympic games is, "Viva sua paixão," which translated into English means "Live your passion."

5. There are four venue clusters: Barra, Copacabana, Deodoro and Maracana. The Olympic Park, which features multiple venues, is in Barra. The Copacabana zone is  featuring sporting events such as beach volleyball, the triathlon, rowing and sailing, while Deodoro features equestrian, shooting and rugby sevens. Other events, including the Olympic ceremonies are being staged in Maracana Stadium.

Just for laughs.

Just for laughs.

BREAKING NEWS: IS TRUMP A RUSSIAN AGENT?

TOP KREMLINOLOGIST PRESENTS A TANTALIZING AND DISTURBING DOSSIER ON WHY THE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL COULD HAVE CLOSER LINK TO THE KREMLIN THAN IT MAY APPEAR.
Donald Trump, the U.S. Presidential candidate of the Republican party, has been accused of being everything from a racist to misogamist in recent months as his bid for the White House has gained support across the U.S., but one question could yet prove more demanding;
Is Donald Trump a Russian agent? Why the answer is no, he is certainly what the original Soviet leader Lenin called a "useful idiot" referring to these in the West who ignore mass murder and choose to support the great Communist Kremlin-Watcher said. As the leading American newspaper, the Washington Post, reported; Since the 1980s, Trump and his family members have made numerous trips to Moscow in search of business opportunities, and they have relied on Russian investors to buy their properties around the world.
Court documents previously reads: Trump has had mysterious infusion of cash from Russians in favour of Vladimir Putin.

EVENT In HISTORY ( Science &Technology).

August 13, 1898 exactly 118 years today. First near-Earth asteroids is found. As one of the larger near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), Eros 433 has played a significant role in history. It was discovered on the same night (13 August 1898) by Gustavo Witt in Berlin and Auguste Char Lois at Nice. Eros was one of the first asteroid to be visited by spacecraft, and first to be orbited and soft-landed on. NASA spacecraft NEAR and shoemaker entered orbit around Eros in 2000, and came to rest on its surface in 2001. Eros is a potential Earth impact or, believed to be larger than the impactor that created the Chicuxulub crater that led to the extinction of dinosaurs.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE PHRASE: " COME AGAIN".

The phrase " come again" has sexual connotations. In as much as the word come has sexual connotations, only someone being intentionally perverted would think of sex when hearing the phrase "come again" or another phrase with come in it. In day to day situations, it is safe using "come again" when you want someone to repeat something. According to OED, come, as in "ejaculate" is also spelt "come". One finding claims that this phrase "come again" inherited a sexual connotation after it was used by Sebastian ( a character) in the movie "CRUEL INTENTIONS", otherwise it doesn't carry any questionable meaning. But one Mr Shiny debunked that claim and writes:
" I'm pretty sure that the sexual connotations of the phrase come again is OLDER then the movie. So, to avoid embarrassment in public places, simply say: can you please repeat what you have just said or can you please take it again."

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