1. Japan has around 200,000 missing elderly people.
2. This was brought to public light when officials went to congratulate Sogen Kato on his Eleventy first birthday (111th). Only to find his mummified remains.
3. The rather annoying trend to play music on mobile phones in public is called Sodcasting. Its described as "The act of playing music through the speaker on a mobile phone, usually on public transport. Commonly practised by young people wearing polyester, branded sportswear with dubious musical taste."
4. Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese's love of film started thanks to his asthma which meant he couldn't play sports as a child. Instead his parents would take him to the pictures.
5. Academy Award winning Actor Daniel Day-Lewis's first role was as a child vandal. He was paid £2 to vandalise cars, which he enjoyed very much.
6. The term rule of thumb comes from the old English law that men couldn't beat their wives with anything wider than their thumb.
7. All of the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
8. In 1386, a pig was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
9. Uma Thurman's father was the first American to be ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk.
10. Creationists believe the earth was created in 4004 BC. This figure is "worked out" using dates in the bible and the ages of the people described in the old testament.
Showing posts with label Interesting Facts. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Tuesdays Ten "Interesting" Facts 9
1. In 1960 Penguin Books where tried under the 1959 Obscene Publications Act after publishing an un-censored version of D.H. Lawrence's book "Lady Chatterley's Lover". Penguin where found not guilty as they were able to prove the book had "literary merit".
2. D. H. Lawrence in his letters to Bertrand Russell revealed himself to be deeply right wing although never accepting fascism. He bemoaned the rising rights of the working class, and wished for an absolute dictator to keep them in check.
3. Author Iain Banks ripped up his passport and posted it to Tony Blair following the invasion of iraq in 2003. He did this after he "abandoned the idea of crashing my Land Rover through the gates of Fife dockyard, after spotting the guys armed with machine guns."
4. When giving readings of his work Charles Dickens was well known for working himself up so much he would faint!
5. Dickens was also an insomniac, and would demand his bed be pointed due north.
6. The national Anthem of Greece is 158 verses long.
7. Thomas Edison (the inventor of the light bulb,) was afraid of the dark.
8. 7% of Ireland's entire crop of barley is used to make Guinness.
9. At 16 Walt Disney tried to enlist in both The US and Canadian Army, but was rejected due to his age. Instead he joined the red cross and served as an Ambulance driver in France.
10. During world war 2 Sir Alec Guinness captained a ship in the Royal Navy.
2. D. H. Lawrence in his letters to Bertrand Russell revealed himself to be deeply right wing although never accepting fascism. He bemoaned the rising rights of the working class, and wished for an absolute dictator to keep them in check.
3. Author Iain Banks ripped up his passport and posted it to Tony Blair following the invasion of iraq in 2003. He did this after he "abandoned the idea of crashing my Land Rover through the gates of Fife dockyard, after spotting the guys armed with machine guns."
4. When giving readings of his work Charles Dickens was well known for working himself up so much he would faint!
5. Dickens was also an insomniac, and would demand his bed be pointed due north.
6. The national Anthem of Greece is 158 verses long.
7. Thomas Edison (the inventor of the light bulb,) was afraid of the dark.
8. 7% of Ireland's entire crop of barley is used to make Guinness.
9. At 16 Walt Disney tried to enlist in both The US and Canadian Army, but was rejected due to his age. Instead he joined the red cross and served as an Ambulance driver in France.
10. During world war 2 Sir Alec Guinness captained a ship in the Royal Navy.
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Tuesdays Ten "Interesting" Facts 8
1. At 18 William Shakespeare married 26 year old Anne Hathaway, their first child was born 6 months later.
2. Actress Anne Hathaway wanted to be a nun until the age of 15, at which point her brother came out as being gay. She could no longer be part of a religion that would condemn her brother.
3. Sir Isaac Newton refused a Sacrement on his deathbed, most scholars believe this to be sign of his conjectured Antitrinitarian beliefs.
4. Fermat's Last Theorem remained unsolved for almost 350 years, following the "loss"* of Fermat's original proof.
5. Lord of the Rings Author J. R. R. Tolkien as a child was bitten by a baboon spider. Although he stated he could not remember the incident many point to this as the source of his famous arachnid monster shelob...
6. ....Also as a baby he was once taken by the house boy to his kraal (homestead), he was only returned the following day.
7. Tolkien's friend and contemporary C S Lewis author of the Lion the which and wardrobe. was injured during world war 1. When an english shell fell short and landed on his trench in the Somme Valley.
8. Harry Houdini was part of a special scientific comitee, that offerd a cash prize for any medium that could demonstrate supernatural abilities. His magic training allowed him to expose the tricks used by those that attempted to claim the prize which was never collected.
9. Arthur Conan Doyle author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was a good friend of Houdini's. their friendship ended after a public falling out over Doyle's inability to accept that Houdini's feats where illusions with Doyle convinced that he had supernatural powers.
10. As a child, Actor Sean Bean smashed a glass door due to an argument over scissors, he ended up with a large glass shard in his leg. This lead to an end of his dream to pay professional football.**
* No one ever saw the proof it was alluded to in the margin of a text book. Fermat's wrote that he had "discovered a truly marvelous proof of this." but this proof was never seen.
**My mum always said i'd lose an eye playing with scissors, glass shards in the leg would have worked loads better.
2. Actress Anne Hathaway wanted to be a nun until the age of 15, at which point her brother came out as being gay. She could no longer be part of a religion that would condemn her brother.
3. Sir Isaac Newton refused a Sacrement on his deathbed, most scholars believe this to be sign of his conjectured Antitrinitarian beliefs.
4. Fermat's Last Theorem remained unsolved for almost 350 years, following the "loss"* of Fermat's original proof.
5. Lord of the Rings Author J. R. R. Tolkien as a child was bitten by a baboon spider. Although he stated he could not remember the incident many point to this as the source of his famous arachnid monster shelob...
6. ....Also as a baby he was once taken by the house boy to his kraal (homestead), he was only returned the following day.
7. Tolkien's friend and contemporary C S Lewis author of the Lion the which and wardrobe. was injured during world war 1. When an english shell fell short and landed on his trench in the Somme Valley.
8. Harry Houdini was part of a special scientific comitee, that offerd a cash prize for any medium that could demonstrate supernatural abilities. His magic training allowed him to expose the tricks used by those that attempted to claim the prize which was never collected.
9. Arthur Conan Doyle author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was a good friend of Houdini's. their friendship ended after a public falling out over Doyle's inability to accept that Houdini's feats where illusions with Doyle convinced that he had supernatural powers.
10. As a child, Actor Sean Bean smashed a glass door due to an argument over scissors, he ended up with a large glass shard in his leg. This lead to an end of his dream to pay professional football.**
* No one ever saw the proof it was alluded to in the margin of a text book. Fermat's wrote that he had "discovered a truly marvelous proof of this." but this proof was never seen.
**My mum always said i'd lose an eye playing with scissors, glass shards in the leg would have worked loads better.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Tuesdays Ten "Interesting" Facts 7
1. As a youth "Rapper", Actor and producer Mark Wahlberg was convicted for attempted murder.
2. When a young writer approached United Artist's with his script for the story of a club fighter who gets his shot at the Heavy Weight boxing title, they loved it. The executives wanted to cast Robert Redford but the writer insisted he star in the lead role. The executives gave in and the young writer Sylvester Stallone was cast as the title character Rocky Balboa.
3. ....Stallone's first acting job was in the soft porn film "The Party at Kitty and Stud's". A job he took out of necessity after he was kicked out of his flat.
4. Dick Van Dyke claimed to have once been rescued from drifting out to sea and possible death by a pod of porpoises.
5. In a show of her skills Actress Toni Collette, once pretended to have appendicitis and was so convincing her appendix was removed.
6. More people die every year from donkey related injuries than in plane crashes.
7. Chickens that lay brown eggs have red ear lobes.
8. The first draft of Steinbecks' masterpiece "Of Mice and Men" was eaten by his dog.
9. The first music video to be shown on MTV Europe was "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits. For those of you to young to remember yes MTV used to play music videos and hardly any reality TV.
10. This is the 3D shadow of a rotating 4D Hypercube.
Ohhhhhh pretty.
2. When a young writer approached United Artist's with his script for the story of a club fighter who gets his shot at the Heavy Weight boxing title, they loved it. The executives wanted to cast Robert Redford but the writer insisted he star in the lead role. The executives gave in and the young writer Sylvester Stallone was cast as the title character Rocky Balboa.
3. ....Stallone's first acting job was in the soft porn film "The Party at Kitty and Stud's". A job he took out of necessity after he was kicked out of his flat.
4. Dick Van Dyke claimed to have once been rescued from drifting out to sea and possible death by a pod of porpoises.
5. In a show of her skills Actress Toni Collette, once pretended to have appendicitis and was so convincing her appendix was removed.
6. More people die every year from donkey related injuries than in plane crashes.
7. Chickens that lay brown eggs have red ear lobes.
8. The first draft of Steinbecks' masterpiece "Of Mice and Men" was eaten by his dog.
9. The first music video to be shown on MTV Europe was "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits. For those of you to young to remember yes MTV used to play music videos and hardly any reality TV.
10. This is the 3D shadow of a rotating 4D Hypercube.
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Tuesdays Ten "Interesting" Facts 6
1. TV Physicist Brian Cox, played keyboards for D:Ream (of "Things will only get better fame.) and appeared on Top of The Pops.
2. Tsutomu Yamaguchi who was unfortunate enough to be present at both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings as a young man, was fortunate enough to survive both and live till the grand age of 93.
3. The Great wall of china is not visible from space. It would require a resolution 7.7 times that of than the average human.
4. Iron (in particular Fe58) has the highest (net) binding energy. That means that you can't get (again net) energy out of iron through either nuclear fusion or fission.
5. The Fontainebleau Resort is Las Vegas' tallest building. (The stratosphere doesn't count as a building for some obscure reason.)
6. On average a performance of Macbeth starts every 4 hours.
7. Annakin Skywalker(aka Darth Vadar) has been "played" by 5 people. In the original films David Prowse was the body, James Earl Jones the voice, and Sebastian Shaw was the face when Darth Vader was eventually unmasked. In the prequels Jake Lloyd played young annakin, while Hayden Christensen played a grown up annakin before finally donning the Vadar suite for his final scene.
8. In "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" as Harry enters Dumbledore's study, a portrait of Gandalf the Grey is included in the collection of paintings. (It is above the doorframe.)
9. For Lord of the Rings Sean Astin gained 30 pounds for his role as Samwise the "Stupid fat Hobbit.".
10. Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days following an argument with her soon to be ex husband. Though theories from nervous breakdown to publicity stunt abound the 11 days where never accounted for.
2. Tsutomu Yamaguchi who was unfortunate enough to be present at both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings as a young man, was fortunate enough to survive both and live till the grand age of 93.
3. The Great wall of china is not visible from space. It would require a resolution 7.7 times that of than the average human.
4. Iron (in particular Fe58) has the highest (net) binding energy. That means that you can't get (again net) energy out of iron through either nuclear fusion or fission.
5. The Fontainebleau Resort is Las Vegas' tallest building. (The stratosphere doesn't count as a building for some obscure reason.)
6. On average a performance of Macbeth starts every 4 hours.
7. Annakin Skywalker(aka Darth Vadar) has been "played" by 5 people. In the original films David Prowse was the body, James Earl Jones the voice, and Sebastian Shaw was the face when Darth Vader was eventually unmasked. In the prequels Jake Lloyd played young annakin, while Hayden Christensen played a grown up annakin before finally donning the Vadar suite for his final scene.
8. In "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" as Harry enters Dumbledore's study, a portrait of Gandalf the Grey is included in the collection of paintings. (It is above the doorframe.)
9. For Lord of the Rings Sean Astin gained 30 pounds for his role as Samwise the "Stupid fat Hobbit.".
10. Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days following an argument with her soon to be ex husband. Though theories from nervous breakdown to publicity stunt abound the 11 days where never accounted for.
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Tuesdays Ten "Interesting" Facts 5
1. Current PM David Cameron, is the direct descedant of King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan. ...hmmmm
2. Avocados are highly toxic to parrots.
3. before he was famous Liam Neeson drove a forklift in a Guinness Brewery.
4. Sir Patrick Moore wrote a ballet, its called Lyra's Dream.
5. Possible polymath Harry Connick Jr, isn't just a talented actor,singer, pianist, composer, dancer.....he also invented/wrote a computer program to allow musicians to follow the score on a screen.
6. Robson Green has a class four fire works licence which permits him to perform fireworks displays professionally.
7. Lake Nicaragua hosts the only freshwater sharks in the world.
8. Roald Dahl was a fighter pilot in world war II, after his basic training he crashed in no-man's land between the Allied and Axis forces when he was given the wrong directions and run out of fuel. He would partially recover and play a vital role in the Battle of Athens, and many other engagements. He was later discharged due complications from the injures he sustained.
9. Dolly Parton insured her boobs for $1 million each.
10. During the Manhattan project applicants for routine jobs in Alamogordo were rejected if they could read. The milltary did not want employees to be able to read the research notes.
2. Avocados are highly toxic to parrots.
3. before he was famous Liam Neeson drove a forklift in a Guinness Brewery.
4. Sir Patrick Moore wrote a ballet, its called Lyra's Dream.
5. Possible polymath Harry Connick Jr, isn't just a talented actor,singer, pianist, composer, dancer.....he also invented/wrote a computer program to allow musicians to follow the score on a screen.
6. Robson Green has a class four fire works licence which permits him to perform fireworks displays professionally.
7. Lake Nicaragua hosts the only freshwater sharks in the world.
8. Roald Dahl was a fighter pilot in world war II, after his basic training he crashed in no-man's land between the Allied and Axis forces when he was given the wrong directions and run out of fuel. He would partially recover and play a vital role in the Battle of Athens, and many other engagements. He was later discharged due complications from the injures he sustained.
9. Dolly Parton insured her boobs for $1 million each.
10. During the Manhattan project applicants for routine jobs in Alamogordo were rejected if they could read. The milltary did not want employees to be able to read the research notes.
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Tuesdays Ten "Interesting" Facts 4
1. Salvador Dali once arrived at an art exhibit in a limousine filled with turnips.
2. 2 adults sharing a double bed have less average space than a baby in a cot.
3. Juan Potomachi left £25,000 to his local Theatre on the condition his skull be used when performing Hamlet.
4. Muarry Walker of F1 fame drove a tank in World War II.
5. Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore used to share a flat.....
6. ....As did Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito.
7. Director David Lynch plays Bass Guitar for Heavy Metal group "Blue Bob"
8. before finding fame Davina McCall was a singing waitress in Paris.
9. Monaco's national orchestra is bigger than its army.
10. Tom Hanks doesn't make a good brew.*
*In "You've got mail" he makes Meg Ryan a brew and can only have waved the bag at the water. You've got to let it steep Tom. Personally i like it to brew for at least a 90 seconds.
2. 2 adults sharing a double bed have less average space than a baby in a cot.
3. Juan Potomachi left £25,000 to his local Theatre on the condition his skull be used when performing Hamlet.
4. Muarry Walker of F1 fame drove a tank in World War II.
5. Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore used to share a flat.....
6. ....As did Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito.
7. Director David Lynch plays Bass Guitar for Heavy Metal group "Blue Bob"
8. before finding fame Davina McCall was a singing waitress in Paris.
9. Monaco's national orchestra is bigger than its army.
10. Tom Hanks doesn't make a good brew.*
*In "You've got mail" he makes Meg Ryan a brew and can only have waved the bag at the water. You've got to let it steep Tom. Personally i like it to brew for at least a 90 seconds.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tuesdays Ten "Interesting" Facts 3
1. Squids sometimes commit suicide by eating their own tentacles.
2. The only food cockroaches wont eat is cucumber. "But it doesn't taste of anything Mr Cockroach." "I'm still not eating it."
3. Hamster's blink one eye at a time. That's why the only two things it is impossible to sneak up on are ninjas and Hamsters.
4. Anthropologists know of no human society/tribe where the children do not play hide and seek.
5. The average nipple size is 0.27 inches for women and 0.22 for men.
6. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button. It was removed during surgery.
7. Before he was famous Huey Lewis slaughtered rabbits. Well you have to keep busy
8. In order to find his character for Godfather part II Robert De Niro learnt to speak Sicilian.
9. The name Wendy was invented for the novel Peter Pan.
10. Walt Disney first started drawing cartoons professionally in exchange for free haircuts.
2. The only food cockroaches wont eat is cucumber. "But it doesn't taste of anything Mr Cockroach." "I'm still not eating it."
3. Hamster's blink one eye at a time. That's why the only two things it is impossible to sneak up on are ninjas and Hamsters.
4. Anthropologists know of no human society/tribe where the children do not play hide and seek.
5. The average nipple size is 0.27 inches for women and 0.22 for men.
6. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button. It was removed during surgery.
7. Before he was famous Huey Lewis slaughtered rabbits. Well you have to keep busy
8. In order to find his character for Godfather part II Robert De Niro learnt to speak Sicilian.
9. The name Wendy was invented for the novel Peter Pan.
10. Walt Disney first started drawing cartoons professionally in exchange for free haircuts.
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Tuesdays Ten "Interesting" Facts 2
1. 90% of women turn right when entering a department store. No-one knows why!
2. The largest toy distributors in the world is McDonald's. (Happy Meals.)
3. A person will die from total lack of sleep before they will from starvation.
4. The average new born baby cries for 113 minutes a day. Which makes our next door neighbours baby distinctly abnormal.
5. When ever US President Calvin Coolidge was driven in a car, he insisted the driver not exceed 16mph.
6. Hans Christain Anderson of Little Mermaid fame, died falling out of bed. Proof if proof were needed that getting out of bed is just a bad idea.
7. Elvis never gave an encore.
8. Paul Gascoigne believes he was attacked by a ghost while he was in a barn in Italy.
9. Charles Dickens fell deeply in love with his wife's sister Mary. Mary died at 17 Dickens wore her ring for the rest of his life.
10. MPs do not mention the house of Lords, they describe it as "The Other place."
2. The largest toy distributors in the world is McDonald's. (Happy Meals.)
3. A person will die from total lack of sleep before they will from starvation.
4. The average new born baby cries for 113 minutes a day. Which makes our next door neighbours baby distinctly abnormal.
5. When ever US President Calvin Coolidge was driven in a car, he insisted the driver not exceed 16mph.
6. Hans Christain Anderson of Little Mermaid fame, died falling out of bed. Proof if proof were needed that getting out of bed is just a bad idea.
7. Elvis never gave an encore.
8. Paul Gascoigne believes he was attacked by a ghost while he was in a barn in Italy.
9. Charles Dickens fell deeply in love with his wife's sister Mary. Mary died at 17 Dickens wore her ring for the rest of his life.
10. MPs do not mention the house of Lords, they describe it as "The Other place."
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Tuesdays Ten Interesting Facts
I was given an ultimatum.
1. Before she was famous Lucy Lawless (Xena Warrior Princess.) Worked in a gold mine.
2. If you went into space unprotected you would explode before you suffocated.
3. A cubic mile of fog is made up from only one Galleon of water.
4. England is smaller than new england, but England has over 3 times the population.
5. The first person in Britain to own a video phone was deceased you've been framed presenter Jeremy Beadle.
6. John Malkovich plays the Tuba.
7. If you slowly pour a handful of salt into a totally full glass of water it will not overflow.
8. The idea that people in the dark ages believed the Earth to be flat was introduced in The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus published in 1828. In reality a round earth was the more popular belief, Columbus' detractors believed there was no navigable route to India to the west and were proved right as their is a bloody big continent in the way.
9. Sylvestor Stallone was kicked out of 14 schools in 11 years.
10. Jodie Foster was mauled by a lion as a child.
(11.) Matt said he wouldn't be my friend anymore if i didn't make this post.
1. Before she was famous Lucy Lawless (Xena Warrior Princess.) Worked in a gold mine.
2. If you went into space unprotected you would explode before you suffocated.
3. A cubic mile of fog is made up from only one Galleon of water.
4. England is smaller than new england, but England has over 3 times the population.
5. The first person in Britain to own a video phone was deceased you've been framed presenter Jeremy Beadle.
6. John Malkovich plays the Tuba.
7. If you slowly pour a handful of salt into a totally full glass of water it will not overflow.
8. The idea that people in the dark ages believed the Earth to be flat was introduced in The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus published in 1828. In reality a round earth was the more popular belief, Columbus' detractors believed there was no navigable route to India to the west and were proved right as their is a bloody big continent in the way.
9. Sylvestor Stallone was kicked out of 14 schools in 11 years.
10. Jodie Foster was mauled by a lion as a child.
(11.) Matt said he wouldn't be my friend anymore if i didn't make this post.
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