Saturday, March 26, 2022

8 Amazing Facts About Tattoo - amazingfacts.live

 



8 Facts About Tattoo

Tattoos are intriguing to some and a must-have for others. Here are some funny tattoo facts for you.




1
In the U.S., more women than men are tattooed.

2
There are over 20,000 tattoo parlors in the United States alone. A new establishment is being added in the country every day.

3
Americans spend approximately $1.65 billion on tattoos annually.

4
Often misspelled “tatoo”, the word tattoo is one of the most misspelled words in the
English language.
5
Johnny Depp once said “My body is my journal and my tattoos are my story".
George C. Reiger Jr. has over 1,000 Disney tattoos, including all 101 Dalmatians. He had to receive special permission from Disney because the images are copyrighted.
7
To mix tattoo color, urine was used sometimes.
8
S. Victor Whitmill, the artist who created the facial tattoo for Mike Tyson in 2003, sued Warner Bros. for mimicking it on actor Ed Helms for the film "The Hangover Part II".

Saturday, March 19, 2022

9 Facts About Your Favorite Hashtag, #Selfie

 


9 Facts About Your Favorite Hashtag, #Selfie - amazingfacts.live


Over the past few years, the phenomenon has captured not just social media, but the mainstream. Here are a few facts on one favorite thing you do with your cell phone taking selfies.






1
The word selfie in the English language has skyrocketed in use. It has increased by 17,000% since 2012.





2

Selfie was officially added to OxfordDictinaries.com in August 2013.

3

During Myspace's heyday (around 2006-09) self-portraits, known as Myspace pics, were common. The switch to Facebook created a decline in amateur self-portraits.

4

The release of the iPhone 4 and its front facing camera lead to a resurgence of the self portrait in 2010-11.

5

Designer/photographer Jim Krause claims to have coined the term "selfie" sometime in 2005.

6

Selfies are most popular in Australia, followed by the U.S. and Canada.

7

The word selfie first appeared in September 13, 2002 on the ABC online forum in Australia.

8

The first time that #selfie was used was in 2004 on Flickr.
9
Ellen DeGeneres Took the Most Epic Selfie of All Time at the Oscars in 2014 with more than 1 million retweets in just 45 minutes.