Category: Trivia

19 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Pretty Woman

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Did you notice the title on the movie poster above?

You were probably expecting to see Pretty Woman the title the movie was released as.  Did you know that the movie was originally titled $3,000?  It was because the was the price for a night with Julia Roberts’ character.

Well, she was a high-priced hooker, you know.

Studio execs didn’t think that their movie if titled $3,000 set the tone of the romantic comedy that they wanted to sell.  So the title changed to Pretty Woman.

Did you know Christopher Reeve, Denzel Washington and Daniel Day-Lewis were reportedly considered for the lead male role… Al Pacino, Albert Brooks and Sylvester Stallone were offered the role as well and turned it down before it went to Richard Gere

You’ll learn all that and a lot more if you check out Buzzfeed’s 19 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Pretty Woman.

Site Predicts if You’re Conservative or Liberal

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 I took a 12 question survey by Time Magazine that predicted my politics.  I came out as 85% Conservative and 15% Liberal.  

The 85% Conservative rating surprised me. I know it will shock my buddy, John Beatty who thinks I’m a full blown liberal.  I would have guessed that I’d be rated about 50-50 because that’s how this types of surveys usually score me.

What do you know?  I’m a conservative.  Don’t argue with me about it.  Conservatives are always right.

Are You Psychopathic?

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According to Professor Kevin Dutton…

Psychopathy is a condition that causes people to display anti-social behaviour, lack of empathy and remorse, and fearless dominance.  Everyone has these characteristics to some degree – take the test and find out where you sit on the spectrum.

I took the test and think the results are pretty accurate. The good news is that I didn’t rate all that high on the spectrum scale.  The even better news is that my wife rated lower than me.  Whew!  Who wants to live with a psycho?

If you’d like to find out where you fall on the psychopathic spectrum, you can here.

 

Happy New Year!

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We’re about six hours out from the new year.  I hope that 2013 was good for you and yours and that 2014 will be even better.

I’ve been chilling out with The Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy, but tradition will hold and we will flip over long enough to see the countdown from Times Square at midnight.  If seeing the new year in by watching the ball drop is one of your traditions you’ll probably get a kick out  of 12 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About New Year’s Eve in Times Square.

See ya next year!

Source: Buzzfeed.

The Inside Story of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”

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If you’re a fan of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, you’ll want to check out Eddie Deezen’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit: The Inside Story.

If you do, you’ll learn…

  • Why the title to Who Framed Roger Rabbit doesn’t end with a question mark.
  • That before Bob Hoskins earned the starring role that Harrison Ford, Bill Murray, Sylvester Stallone, Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, and Ed Harris were all considered.  You’ll also learn who the comedian was that was never offered the role, but would have “happily taken on the role of Eddie.”
  • The silly reason John Cleese didn’t get the role that ultimately went to Christopher Lloyd.
  • Why Who Framed Roger Rabbit had the most cartoon characters from different companies in the same project, “yet  Popeye, Tom & Jerry, Little Lulu, Caspar the Friendly Ghost, and the Terrytoon characters (except for Mighty Mouse)” didn’t make it into the film.
  • And a whole lot more.

 

Source: Neatorama.

The Only Mercury Meteorite on Earth

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What you’re looking at  [if you’re looking at the photo above] is what scientists believe to be is the only meteorite from Mercury on our planet.

How can they tell? The rock’s magnetism matches that of Mercury perfectly. It also has high amounts of magnesium and chromium but a low amount of iron, which is apparently what scientists would expect from a chip off of Mercury.

Don’t you love stuff like this?

Source: Neatorama.

“Farewell, My Lovely” – Pulp Writer, Jim Thompson’s Only Acting Role

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I’m sure you’re aware that this version of Raymond Chandler’s classic  Farewell, My Lovely  has an all-star cast that includes Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton. Jack O’Halloran, Joe Spinell, and Sylvester Stallone. Did you know that it also features pulp writer Jim Thompson in his first and last acting role!

Has the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island Been Found?

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It is one of our oldest mysteries…

It’s a mystery that has intrigued Americans for centuries: What happened to the lost colonists of North Carolina’s Roanoke Island?…

The settlers, who arrived in 1587, disappeared in 1590, leaving behind only two clues: the words “Croatoan” carved into a fort’s gatepost and “Cro” etched into a tree.

 Theories about the disappearance have ranged from an annihilating disease to a violent rampage by local Native American tribes. Previous digs have turned up some information and artifacts from the original colonists but very little about what happened to them.

Until now…

You can read the full article at National Geographic: Have We Found the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island?

10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Apollo Moon Landings

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If you check out 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Apollo Moon Landings, you’ll learn…

  • Why all the American flags left on the moon are now colorless.
  • Which Apollo astronaut conduced unauthorized ESP experiments.
  • Which Apollo astronaut cried while on the moon and why.
  • Which Apollo astronaut violated NASA rules and celebrated communion on the moon.
  • What the first words spoken on the moon may have been… and it wasn’t “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
  • What the moon smells like.
  • The records set by Apollo 11.
  • Which lunar module pilot actually got to pilot the lunar module.
  • What sculpture was left on the moon and why it was left.
  • Why a geologist was finally sent to the moon.

 

Source: Listverse.

Thunderburp Gun & 30 Caliber Machine Gun Toys for Kids

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I’m too young to have seen this commercial when it first aired in the 1950’s, but I sure remember ones like it, being a child of the 60’s.  I can’t begin to tell you the number of toy guns, pistols, rifles, and machine guns I owned growing up.

Of course it was a different world then.  As you can see from the commercial below, us kids had to be on guard against a takeover of the world by the saucermen!

How Far to Get Away From Everyone?

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What is the furthest one human being has ever been from every other living person?

That’s an interesting question.  My first thought was, it had to be an astronaut.  Although that’s probably the right answer, it may not be!  It’s definitely not the only reasonable answer.

Randall Monroe explains why when he answers Bryan J. McCarter’s question in Monroe’s weekly blog, What If?

Source: What If  and  Neatorama.