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More Hitler facts:
Hitler had excellent penmanship. So much so, that handwriting analysists have said his handwriting looks feminine.
When Hitler fought in WW1, he was wounded, but was spared by a British soldier.
Hitler was a fan of Disney, and often whistled the tune of "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" A war museum in Norway showed drawings of some Disney characters, notably Bashful and Doc, which they claim were drawn by Adolf.
Hitler's PR man (Nazi press secretary Dr. Sedgwick) recommended he shave his moustache. Hitler responded "Do not worry about my moustache. If it is not the fashion now, it will be later because I wear it!"
Hitler always rode in open cars during public appearances, insisting "We are not bourgeois, but soldiers."
Hitler regularly rehearsed various speeches, and always aimed to have any conversations steered towards one of these topics after some time, to which he would begin talking at length without stuttering or interruption. Some topics include: "When I was a soldier," "When I was in Vienna," "When I was in prison," and "When I was the leader in the early days of the party."
Hitler led the first public anti-smoking campaign in history. He also believed his gun control legislation would serve as a model to the rest of the world.
Hitler loved the circus, finding great appeal in underpaid daredevils risking their lives to amuse him. He also enjoyed acts in which a woman was in danger. He sent expensive flowers and chocolates to these women, and often worried if they were injured.
To go into a bit more detail into one of my factoids above: He used American College football-style music to excite the masses during his speeches. His famous "Sieg Heil" cry was modeled after American football cheerleader techniques.
A Jewish doctor treated Hitler and his family when he was young. Because this doctor treated him without charging for the service, Hitler spared him from the Holocaust.
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Michael Caine served as an infantryman in the Korean War.
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Because of its Alsatian menu, the legendary Paris restaurant Brasserie Lip had the dubious honour of being one of the favourite haunts of German officers during the Nazi occupation of Paris.
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In the Firefly episode "Out of Gas" Wash wires up a large, red button for the captain to press if he needs the crew to return to the ship. When he shows it to Mal he says, "When your miracle gets here, just hit this button." When Alan Tudyk left the Firefly set after the series was canceled, he took that button as a keepsake. When Joss Whedon announced that he would be searching for a way to bring the show back as either a series or a feature film, Alan sent him the button with a note that said, again, "When your miracle gets here, just hit this button.".
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The big red button.
It must be destroyed.
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The closing ceremony after the 1945 Paris peace conference was held at the same table that Robespierre had been laid out on after his (failed) suicide attempt after losing power some 150 years earlier.
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Kurt Russell was originally cast to play the cursed heroic knight Navarre in Ladyhawke (1985), while Rutger Hauer, who played the part of Navarre in the film, was the original choice to play the evil captain, even though Hauer had no interest in the part and was actually more interested in the part of the hero Navarre. When Russell dropped out of the project, Hauer took the role.
Kurt Russell was originally cast to play the cursed heroic knight Navarre in Ladyhawke (1985), while Rutger Hauer, who played the part of Navarre in the film, was the original choice to play the evil captain, even though Hauer had no interest in the part and was actually more interested in the part of the hero Navarre. When Russell dropped out of the project, Hauer took the role.
If only he'd replaced the music editor . . .
One of the members in the post war circle around Jean-Paul Sartre, the polymath Boris Vian, would demonstrate his status as a non-intellectual (as opposed to the rest of that circle) by pretending to think that Heidegger was an Austrian tractor manufacturing company.
The soundstage at Shepperton Studios, in which Michael Caine filmed Batman Begins (2005), is also the one where he filmed his very first film, Hell in Korea (1956).
Are you sure about that? I was under the impression that Michael Caine's first film role was in the movie "Zulu", which dealt with the battle at Rourke's Drift during the Zulu wars.
It seems to check out, although I'll note that IMDB hss the title as [iA Hill in Korea[/i].
I did a little searching of my own and ... we may both be right. :-)
The Wikipedia article on the 1964 film "Zulu" states that it was Michael Caine's first major role. If the movie you're referring to predates that then it could have been Caine's first role ever.
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It is generally accepted that Gilgamesh was a historical figure, since inscriptions have been found which confirm the historical existence of other figures associated with him: such as the kings Enmebaragesi and Aga of Kish. If Gilgamesh was a historical king, he probably reigned in about the 26th century BC.
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In 1977, Patrick McGoohan was considered to replace Peter Falk as Columbo. However, McGoohan turned the part down because he was a close friend of Falk, and believed that only Falk should play Columbo. In addition he did not want to be the star of another TV series but only make guest appearances.
Jan Smithers, who played the lovely, but soft spoken, Bailey Quarters on the classic WKRP in Cincinnati was married to James Brolin from 1986 to 1995.
Granted, this isn't earth shattering, but I found this out last night, and it surprised me. I don't know why, it just did.
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On this date, in 1999, at 8PM (I believe) on the Sci-Fi channel, Farscape premiered, and lasted for four seasons plus a two hour follow-up movie, and hopefully a major motion picture is in the workings as we speak.
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Hammermill - Bond Paper available in 500 sheet packs.behind Connery I'll buy(although I maintain Connery was essentially playing himself), but Brosnan and Dalton? Thems fightin words. According to the original novels, bond was supposed to be scary, not suave - and Craig fits that bill perfectly.Ridiculous. He's adequate at best, lagging behind Connery, Brosnan and even Dalton, outpointing only Moore and Lazenby.nonsense. Craig is wonderful as bond, it's the storyline that needs help.Alexis Denisof was considered for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale.He'd have been a better choice than Danny Craig.Connery & Brosnan - the suave Bonds
Craig & Dalton - the scary Bonds
Moore & Lazenby - the campy Bonds
Nelson, Niven, & Sellers - the non-canon Bonds
A chemical Bond is an attraction between atoms that allows the formation of chemical substances that contain two or more atoms.
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Hammermill - Bond Paper available in 500 sheet packs.behind Connery I'll buy(although I maintain Connery was essentially playing himself), but Brosnan and Dalton? Thems fightin words. According to the original novels, bond was supposed to be scary, not suave - and Craig fits that bill perfectly.Ridiculous. He's adequate at best, lagging behind Connery, Brosnan and even Dalton, outpointing only Moore and Lazenby.nonsense. Craig is wonderful as bond, it's the storyline that needs help.Alexis Denisof was considered for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale.He'd have been a better choice than Danny Craig.Connery & Brosnan - the suave Bonds
Craig & Dalton - the scary Bonds
Moore & Lazenby - the campy Bonds
Nelson, Niven, & Sellers - the non-canon Bonds
More of an Accent Opaque guy myself, but I can dig it.
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More of an Accent Opaque guy myself, but I can dig it.Hammermill - Bond Paper available in 500 sheet packs.behind Connery I'll buy(although I maintain Connery was essentially playing himself), but Brosnan and Dalton? Thems fightin words. According to the original novels, bond was supposed to be scary, not suave - and Craig fits that bill perfectly.Ridiculous. He's adequate at best, lagging behind Connery, Brosnan and even Dalton, outpointing only Moore and Lazenby.nonsense. Craig is wonderful as bond, it's the storyline that needs help.Alexis Denisof was considered for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale.He'd have been a better choice than Danny Craig.Connery & Brosnan - the suave Bonds
Craig & Dalton - the scary Bonds
Moore & Lazenby - the campy Bonds
Nelson, Niven, & Sellers - the non-canon Bonds
The real Bond wouldn't let people go around writing/printing on him.
IIRC Ian Fleming, who wrote the original Bond novels, actually did covert operations during WWII.
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Wild turkeys feed on the ground, which may have something to do with the myth that they can't fly. The have to fly, however, because they roost in trees at night. Some accounts say they can soar up to 55 mph for short bursts.
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I grew up on a farm and have seen the domestic turkey hens fly short distances and roost in low branches. I've never seen a tom (male) fly, though.
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John de Lancie was both the first and last guest star seen on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
he's a nice guy to boot.
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According to the James Bond film tailors in London, at 6' 2" Timothy Dalton is the tallest of all the Bond actors. The tailors who have fitted and measured each of the 5 Bonds over the years claim the following heights for each of the other Bond actors: Sean Connery 6' 1 1/2" without shoes, George Lazenby 6' 1 1/2" without shoes, Roger Moore 6' 1" without shoes and Pierce Brosnan 6' 1" without shoes.
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You left out Danie- oh. Nm.
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Critic Roger Ebert so admired M. Emmet Walsh that he created the "Stanton-Walsh Rule," which states that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." Ebert later admitted this rule was broken by Wild Wild West (1999), in which Walsh appeared.
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The human eye is acute enough that in optimal conditions, it can see a candle flicker in the dark from nearly 48 km (30 miles) away.
The myth of your hair and nails continuing to grow after you die likely comes about because your body shrivels, pulling back the skin on your scalp, fingers, and toes.
Ants stretch when they wake up. (Though they don't 'sleep' as we understand sleep, they do take 'power naps.')
Vatican City is not allowed into the European Union because it's a monarchy, not a democracy. It's admittedly a weird monarchy, as the king of Vatican City is a separate position from the pope, but just so happens to be filled by the pope. And the pope is selected through elections (Though only by the cardinals.)
An average person can tell a weight difference of 30% between two objects. Any less difference, and they are often too similar to tell which weighs more. (I'm uncertain about this one, I could be wrong. I remember hearing it somewhere, but that was a while ago.)
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More importantly, six EU members are monarchies (Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Spain), but unlike the Vatican, their heads of state hold a mostly ceremonial function only.
To use the example I'm most familiar with as an example, the Swedish constitution is a compromise from the latest fine-tuning of it where the Social Democrats wanted a republic (with varying degrees of vehemence), and the liberals and conservatives wanted to keep the king - so they decided to set up a de facto republic rule but keep the king in place so the German tourists would keep coming and there'd be no need to figure out who should hand out the Nobel winners' medals.
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Still catching up on the thread but:
Besides his fame as "Santa Claus," St. Nicholas is notorious for having punched out another bishop at the Council of Nicaea.
Was that the incident where the bishop was denying Jesus' divinity? Or am I thinking of another saint punching someone out?
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In Orson Welles' 1941 film "Citizen Kane," unused footage from the 1933 film "The Son of Kong" was used as a rear-projected background for a scene of a Florida beach picnic. Unfortunately, Welles forgot to get rid of the pterodactyls.
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In Orson Welles' 1941 film "Citizen Kane," unused footage from the 1933 film "The Son of Kong" was used as a rear-projected background for a scene of a Florida beach picnic. Unfortunately, Welles forgot to get rid of the pterodactyls.
Obviously you haven't been to Florida. Those were the mosquitoes. :-p
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In Orson Welles' 1941 film "Citizen Kane," unused footage from the 1933 film "The Son of Kong" was used as a rear-projected background for a scene of a Florida beach picnic. Unfortunately, Welles forgot to get rid of the pterodactyls.Obviously you haven't been to Florida. Those were the mosquitoes. :-p
And here I was, thinking that they only had mosquitoes like that in Canada.
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You've also clearly never been to northern Scandinavia.
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Or Texas, or South Dakota, or Virginia....
I'm beginning to think mosquitos have undergone some kind of transformation in the past few decades.
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Untrue. Those are turkey buzzards.
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...speaking of which:
The turkey vulture forages by smell, an ability that is uncommon in the avian world, often flying low to the ground to pick up the scent of ethyl mercaptan, a gas produced by the beginnings of decay in dead animals. The olfactory lobe of its brain, responsible for processing smells, is particularly large compared to that of other animals. This heightened ability to detect odors allows it to search for carrion below the forest canopy.