Archive for May 2026
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I seem to be overflowing with accumulated trivia information these days and as I get it I’ll pass it along to you. Todays topics for review are all pop-culture related facts.
- The famous quote “play it again Sam”, was never actually uttered in the movie Casablanca.
- Though they look alike, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are fraternal twins, not identical.
- John Lennon signed the paperwork formalizing the breakup of the Beatles while staying at a Disney World hotel.
- Woody in Toy Story has a last name. It was revealed in 2009 as “Pride”.
- In the movie Home Alone, the picture of Buzz’s girlfriend that Kevin finds is actually a boy in a wig.
- During his performances of James Bond, Sean Connery always wore a wig.
- The injuries on Luke Skywalkers face when he was attacked by the snow monster in The Empire Strikes Back were real.
- Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t draw the sketch of Kate Winslet in Titanic . . . but director James Cameron did.
- DC Comics boasts a superhero named Arms-Fall-Off-Boy.
- 2006’s Bond movie Casino Royale was the first Bond movie that could be watched in China.
BONUS FACT
(On everyone’s favorite character)
In the Star Wars Trilogy, George Lucas’s original full name for
Yoda was “Bunden Debannen” or “Buffy” for short.
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MORE TO COME
We are all human beings and supposedly we’re the primary predator on this planet, so far. Five years from now with the number of AI’s being created that may not be the case. Todays post will contain some of the more interesting facts about being human. Let’s see where you fit in.
- The longest reported case of hiccups lasted for sixty-eight years (Mr.Charles Osboure).
- The longest time somebody has kept one eye open without blinking was eight minutes and twenty-six seconds.
- Red heads do not usually go gray.
- You shed approximately forty thousand skin cells a minute.
- Some tumors in your body can grow hair and teeth (A teratoma tumor).
- The word “fart” is one of the oldest words in the English language.
- People who swallow a lot of air fart a lot more than people who don’t.
- The smell of a woman’s tears makes men feel less sexual aroused and reduces levels of testosterone.
- Standing up to poop is healthier than sitting (less hemorrhoids and colonic obstructions).
- People with blue eyes can can drink more before showing signs of drunkenness.
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BONUS FACT
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Did you know that “defecaloesiophobia” is the fear of having difficult bowel movements.
DON’T SWALLOW AIR NEAR ME
Let’s talk about the subjects most people immediately shy away from: Death & Serious Injuries. They are a part of our lives (at least at the end) but still a rather gruesome topic for discussion. For years I loved reading about the endless stupid deaths reported by the Darwin Awards and found them sad but still a little humorous at times. My goal in life was never to be mentioned in the Darwin Awards by dying in a stupid fashion. I realize that’s an odd thing to have on a bucket list but it’s still on mine. Here are a few trivia tidbits (both old and new) that might interest you on deaths and serious injuries.
- Boating accidents claim an average of 700 lives each year.
- Since 1924, 13 people have been killed in Pamplona, Spain’s annual “Running of the Bulls”.
- From 1982 to 1997, cheerleading accounted for 57% of the catastrophic injuries and fatalities among young female athletes.
- From 1973 to 1975 there were 81 known fatalities from hang-gliding,
- In the United States, at least seven fatalities and numerous severe injuries have been reported among bungee jumpers using a hot air balloons as a platform.
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- In 2007, 45 people were struck and killed by lightning in the United States, a quarter of them in or near water.
- Each year about 50-70 confirmed shark attacks occur. 5-15 shark attack fatalities occur around the world.
- There were 850 hunting accidents in this country in 2002, more than 10% of them were fatalities.
- Once at the Middle Tennessee District Fair in Lawrenceburg, a 60-year-old woman was severely injured when she fell 30 feet from the top of Ferris wheel and landed on the spokes close to the center wheel axle.
- Once a Washington, D.C. based study on the correlation between admissions to emergency rooms and outcomes from Washington Redskins football games showed that admissions of female victims of stabbings, gunshots, assaults, and other violence actually increases when the team wins.
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