Piccolo Facts

A Mexican comedian named his 3 children Piccolo, Vegeta, and Krillin youtube.com/watch?v=D9QLn…

The piccolo trumpet solo in Penny Lane by the Beatles was added because Paul McCartney listened to a performance of J.S. Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto youtube.com/watch?v=OxO4n…

Piccolo from Dragonball is supposed to have 4 fingers, not 5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pic…

Reason for Super Saiyan golden hair transformation was because Akira Toriyama saved himself time by eliminating the need to color the Saiyan's hair black. kotaku.com/the-reason-why…

Today I learned of King Kamehameha the Great who was the founder and the first ruler of the Hawaiian islands. Akira Toriyama immortalized his name by giving to one of the most widely used attacks in DBZ. dragonball.wikia.com/wiki…

In Japan, May 9th is officially recognized as "Goku Day" to honor the protagonist of the Dragonball series. thedaoofdragonball.com/bl…

Chef Gordon Ramsey was so inspired by a young man on an episode of "Hotel Hell" that he agreed to fund the remaining of his culinary school. He is 20 years old, and already has 2 heart surgeries, and 2 back surgeries. blog.timesunion.com/table…

Dogs tilt their head so they can hear better and attempt to understand the sounds around them. k9magazine.com/why-do-dog…

All Dragon Ball (original, Z, and GT) character names are puns, usually on some type of food dragonball.wikia.com/wiki…