Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Weird "fact" for the day.

While checking the American preferred spelling of percent/per cent on Wikipedia, I found out that:
Percent signs can also be used to make something seem more official and trustworthy. Example, the rapper 50 Cent originally was going to be 50%, but due to the nature of hip-hop, decided to go with a more gangster name.

1 comment:

  1. Interesting. I just assumed Fiddy's name was a monetary thing. Now I know better.

    Looking forward to more posts in the JUST ODD category!

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