X-Nico

unusual facts about taco


El Centro de la Raza

Taco carts, trailers, trucks, and buses became common along Seattle's arterials, even in the traditionally Scandinavian Ballard neighborhood.


Baseball superstition

Others include routines such as eating only chicken before a game like Wade Boggs, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander eating three crunchy taco supremes (no tomato), a cheesy gordita crunch and a Mexican pizza (no tomato) before every start from Taco Bell.

Buckling

If spoke tension is increased beyond a safe level, the wheel spontaneously fails into a characteristic saddle shape (sometimes called a "taco" or a "pringle") like a three-dimensional Euler column.

Deer penis

In season 1 episode 5 of The League, Ruxin and Taco go to Chinatown to buy "3 Penis Wine", involving the infusion of deer penises, dog penises, and snake penises.

Del Taco

In an effort to improve its reputation, Del Taco launched a sports-sponsorship program with teams in eight U.S. states, including the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Phoenix Coyotes hockey teams, basketball’s Los Angeles Clippers and Utah Jazz, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas’s football and basketball teams, and several minor league hockey and baseball teams.

In its place, from 2000 through early 2006, Del Taco used Gregg Binkley to play "Dan" in their commercials.

Erin Hannon

Erin also tells Michael she used to work at a Taco Bell Express but couldn't keep up when they turned it into a regular Taco Bell.

Escamol

On the TV series Burt Wolf's Travels and Traditions, in the episode The Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Burt Wolf demonstrated how to eat a taco of escamoles and guacamole.

Funeral Party

Their song "Finale" was featured in a Taco Bell commercial for the "Doritos Locos Taco" in which a group of friends travel a very long distance to get tacos.

Johnny Hernandez

From tacos al pastor in Mexico City and tlayudas in Oaxaca to Pescado Zarandeado from the streets of Nayarit, Mexico’s street foods are as unique and colorful as its traditions, culture, and people.

Jon Lajoie

Lajoie currently has a role in the FXX TV show The League as Taco MacArthur, a perpetually stoned and unemployed musician.

Lafayette Square, Los Angeles

Famous residents of Lafayette Square have included George Pepperdine (founder of Pepperdine University), actors W.C. Fields and Fatty Arbuckle, industrialist and art collector Norton Simon, boxer Joe Louis, Syd Tha Kyd and Taco Bennet of Odd Future, architect Paul R. Williams (who designed his own home in the neighborhood), and members of the Crenshaw family.

Miguel-Angel Soria

Originally a participant in a poetry series called Taco Shop Poetry held at the Centro Cultural de la Raza, he formed the core of the spoken word/performance group Taco Shop Poets along with Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Tomas Riley, and Adrian Arancibia.

Pizza in the United States

A Thai-inspired chicken pizza with peanut sauce, bean sprouts, and shaved carrots is a popular variant in California-style pizza restaurants, as are taco pizzas, and pizzas that use chicken and barbecue sauce as toppings.

Stephen Rannazzisi

Stephen Rannazzisi (born July 4, 1978) is an American actor and stand-up comedian who has appeared in Paul Blart: Mall Cop and is currently featured in the FXX television show The League as former fantasy football league commissioner Kevin MacArthur, the brother of Taco MacArthur (Jon Lajoie).

Sushi-X

It has been pointed out by former employees and fans alike that the Sushi-X moniker is very similar to The Weekly Famitsu's "Taco-X".

Taco Bell chihuahua

Gidget "The Taco Bell Chihuahua" (February 7, 1994 - July 21, 2009) was a popular advertising figure and mascot, voiced by Carlos Alazraqui, and developed by TBWA and used by Taco Bell, a division of Louisville, Kentucky (USA)-based Yum! Brands.

Taco Cabana

After Coerver, Taco Cabana updated their team in October 2012 naming Mark Phillips Vice President of Operations and Gerardo Arce Vice President of Finance.

Taco John's

Taco John's recent advertising icons have included Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey, a popular rodeo attraction and PRCA Entertainer of the Year, who rides on his dog Ben to the rescue of hungry taco lovers.

During the Christmas holiday season, Taco John's offers Nachos Navidad, a nacho platter with red and green colored tortilla chips.

Wild Grinders

Freddie (voiced by Cam Clarke) – The desire of Denise's affection and also runs the Taco truck.


see also