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Friday, August 14, 2009
Did you know that Beauty and the Beast was the only Animated film Nominated for best picture?
Did you know this Oscar Trivia:
That Gone With The Wind (1939)was the Longest Best Picture Winner it ran 234 minutes, or 3 hours and 56 minutes.
That Marty (1955) was the shortest Best Picture Winner it rans 91 minutes.
That Beauty And The Beast (1991) was the only Animated Film Nominated For Best Picture:
That the Only Sequels To Win Best Picture was:
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
That the Only Trilogies with All Three Films Nominated for Best Picture:
The Godfather (1972) [w]
The Godfather: Part II (1974) [w]
The Godfather: Part III (1991)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) [w]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Did you know that fleas have caused more death than all wars ever fought?
Kiwi birds are blind, they hunt by smell.
The Sumatran tiger has the most stripes of all the tiger subspecies, and the Siberian tiger has the fewest stripes.
Fleas have changed history. More human deaths have been attributed to fleas than all the wars ever fought. As carriers of the bubonic plague, fleas were responsible for killing one-third of the population of Europe in the 14th century.
Dolphins are the only other animals besides humans that get pleasure out of sex. They are also the only other animals that have sex for reasons other than reproduction.
Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
The Sumatran tiger has the most stripes of all the tiger subspecies, and the Siberian tiger has the fewest stripes.
Fleas have changed history. More human deaths have been attributed to fleas than all the wars ever fought. As carriers of the bubonic plague, fleas were responsible for killing one-third of the population of Europe in the 14th century.
Dolphins are the only other animals besides humans that get pleasure out of sex. They are also the only other animals that have sex for reasons other than reproduction.
Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Did you know that the Laptop Computer was Invented by Sir Clive Sinclair in 1987?
Monday, August 10, 2009
Did you know that two families have three Generations Of Oscar Winners
Did you know that:
The Only Oscar To Win An Oscar was, Oscar Hammerstein II (Best Song: 1941, 1945)
Their has been two Families With Three Generations Of Oscar Winners:
Walter Huston (Best Supporting Actor, The Treasure Of Sierra Madre, 1948)
John Huston (Best Director, The Treasure Of Sierra Madre, 1948)
Anjelica Huston (Best Supporting Actress, Prizzi's Honor, 1985)
AND
Carmine Coppola (Best Original Dramatic Score, The Godfather: Part II, 1974)
Francis Ford Coppola (Best Original Screenplay, Patton, 1970; Best Adapted Screenplay, The Godfather, 1972; Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, The Godfather: Part II, 1974)
Nicolas Cage A.K.A. Nicolas Coppola: Francis Ford Coppola's nephew (Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas, 1995)
Sophia Coppola Daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, Grandaughter of Carmine, Cousin of Nicolas Cage (Best Original Screenplay, Lost in Translation, 2003)
The Only Oscar To Win An Oscar was, Oscar Hammerstein II (Best Song: 1941, 1945)
Their has been two Families With Three Generations Of Oscar Winners:
Walter Huston (Best Supporting Actor, The Treasure Of Sierra Madre, 1948)
John Huston (Best Director, The Treasure Of Sierra Madre, 1948)
Anjelica Huston (Best Supporting Actress, Prizzi's Honor, 1985)
AND
Carmine Coppola (Best Original Dramatic Score, The Godfather: Part II, 1974)
Francis Ford Coppola (Best Original Screenplay, Patton, 1970; Best Adapted Screenplay, The Godfather, 1972; Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, The Godfather: Part II, 1974)
Nicolas Cage A.K.A. Nicolas Coppola: Francis Ford Coppola's nephew (Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas, 1995)
Sophia Coppola Daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, Grandaughter of Carmine, Cousin of Nicolas Cage (Best Original Screenplay, Lost in Translation, 2003)
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Did you know that Bob Farris caught 1, 062 pound marlin worth $550,000?
OCEAN CITY, Md. Bob Farris big fish story captured a record.
The part-time North Myrtle Beach resident caught a blue marlin Wednesday that weighed 1,062 pounds during the 36th Annual White Marlin Open Fishing Tournament in Ocean City, Md. The fish set a new state record and landed Farris $555,000 in prize money in the tournament that has more than $2 million in prizes and nearly 300 boats registered.
``It was quite a fish, Farris said via telephone Thursday from Maryland. ``We knew it was a big fish, but really I had no idea it was over 1,000 pounds.
Farris was on the boat No Problem, owned by Mark Becker, out of North Myrtle Beach and he credited the crew with helping land the record catch, which surpassed Maryland�s previous blue marlin record by 100 pounds.
Boat captain Skip Opalko of Myrtle Beach said the crew travels along the eastern seaboard to various fishing tournaments.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Did you know that The U.S. of A shreds 7,000 tons of used currency each year?
Did you know that:
Only As of the 2008 Games, four athletes have won medals in both the Summer and Winter Games: 1) Eddie Eagen of the United States
Winter Games - gold in four man bobsled in 1932.
Summer Games - gold in light-heavyweight boxing in 1920 USA, Jacob
2) Jacob Thams of Norway
Winter Games - gold in ski jumping in 1924
Summer Games - silver in sailing in 1936.
3) Christa Luding-Rothenburger of East Germany
Winter Games - gold in speed skating in 1984 and 1988, silver in speed skating in 1988, bronze in speed skating in 1992
Summer Games - silver in cycling in 1988.
She is the only athlete to have won medals at a Winter and Summer Games in the same year.
4) Clara Hughes of Canada
Winter Games - gold, silver (both in 2006) and bronze (2002) in speed skating.
Summer Games - 2*bronze in cycling in 1996.
The U.S. of A shreds 7,000 tons of used currency each year.
Galileo became totally blind just before his death.
Only As of the 2008 Games, four athletes have won medals in both the Summer and Winter Games: 1) Eddie Eagen of the United States
Winter Games - gold in four man bobsled in 1932.
Summer Games - gold in light-heavyweight boxing in 1920 USA, Jacob
2) Jacob Thams of Norway
Winter Games - gold in ski jumping in 1924
Summer Games - silver in sailing in 1936.
3) Christa Luding-Rothenburger of East Germany
Winter Games - gold in speed skating in 1984 and 1988, silver in speed skating in 1988, bronze in speed skating in 1992
Summer Games - silver in cycling in 1988.
She is the only athlete to have won medals at a Winter and Summer Games in the same year.
4) Clara Hughes of Canada
Winter Games - gold, silver (both in 2006) and bronze (2002) in speed skating.
Summer Games - 2*bronze in cycling in 1996.
The U.S. of A shreds 7,000 tons of used currency each year.
Galileo became totally blind just before his death.
Did you know that the Hubble Space Telescope weighs (10,896 kilograms), is 43 feet (13.1 12) long?
Did you know that:
There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.
The largest man-made lake in the U.S. is Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam.
A large swarm of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) can consume 20,000 tons (18,160,000 kilograms) of vegetation a day.
The Hubble Space Telescope weighs (10,896 kilograms), is 43 feet (13.1 12 tonsmeters) long, and cost $2.1 billion to originally build.
The fastest computer in the world is the CRAY Y-MP C90 supercomputer. It has two gigabytes of central memory and 16 parallel central processor units.
The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J”.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.
The largest man-made lake in the U.S. is Lake Mead, created by Hoover Dam.
A large swarm of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) can consume 20,000 tons (18,160,000 kilograms) of vegetation a day.
The Hubble Space Telescope weighs (10,896 kilograms), is 43 feet (13.1 12 tonsmeters) long, and cost $2.1 billion to originally build.
The fastest computer in the world is the CRAY Y-MP C90 supercomputer. It has two gigabytes of central memory and 16 parallel central processor units.
The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J”.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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