Wednesday, 9 December 2015

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Some interesting facts


  • In the Japanese localization of "Inside Out," Pixar replaced the scenes involving broccoli with bell peppers, because Japanese kids don't think broccoli is gross.
  • Patrick Stewart lost all of his hair at age 18 and thought that no woman would ever be interested in him again.
  • President Harry S Truman's middle name is just the letter S.
  • There exists a massive abandoned supercollider in Texas.
  • Michael Jordan had a contract clause called "For the Love of the Game" allowing him to play pick up games whenever he wanted to.
  • Drinking One Soda A Day Can Increase Diabetes Risk By 22%.
  •  Bill Gates was Hired to Write the Original Code for Atari but Took too Long and Was Fired, Making Them the Only Company to Fire Gates
  • To lose 63 pounds for his role in The Machinist, Christian Bale's daily diet consisted of one can of tuna fish, and/or one apple per day, black coffee, and water..
  • Star Wars' Imperial March theme song was played when the King of Saudi Arabia visited the UK.
  • "Biweekly" means "twice a week" and "every two weeks".
  • Women using birth control pills blinked 32% more often than those not using the contraception.
  • October revolution in Russia actually happened in November
  • “Moby Dick” was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891.
  • Sideburns got their name from Civil War General Ambrose E. Burnside.
  • There is a proposed HTTP status code 451 indicating censorship, referencing Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 novel.

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