The snowiest city in the World is Aomori, Japan. A city of nearly 300,000 people that averages around 300 inches of snow per year. The most I've seen in a single year was 100+ inches and that felt like snowmageddon. Couldn't imagine 300+, esp. every year.
Australia once lost a war to emus (I used to rub emu oil on my fucked up shoulder, pretty good stuff)
Not 100% sure on this one, but I remember reading that the only movie that continued filming on Sept. 11 was The Rules of Attraction. The scenes that they filmed that day were for a college party in the movie called the End of the World Party
I think Saskia Jade looks a lot like the actress Shannyn Sossamon in that movie, except for the funky hairstyle.