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26 Aug 2012, 1:44 am

Before signing on to play Lisbeth Salander in the American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara didn't even have her ears pierced. She got them and much more pierced for the role because she thought it would help her get more into character.



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26 Aug 2012, 2:43 am

Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!
Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache on a standard playing card!
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off!
Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
tablecloth were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
tourist visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year!
The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!



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26 Aug 2012, 3:50 am

Although theoretically anti-slavery in his youth, the only slaves that Thomas Jefferson ever freed were his own progeny. (per a promise he made to his slave/mistress Sally Hemmings. Sally was also the half sister of his wife, Martha)



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26 Aug 2012, 9:09 am

the first dual flush toilet was invented in 1980 by bruce thompson, an australian inventor, while he was working for caroma.



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26 Aug 2012, 7:49 pm

What is a dual flush toilet?

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26 Aug 2012, 7:58 pm

Sylkat wrote:
What is a dual flush toilet?

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A toilet that lets you choose 'big flush' or 'little flush'. They have them at work. They're great.


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26 Aug 2012, 8:10 pm

Wow!
How smart!

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26 Aug 2012, 8:12 pm

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. No one in Greece has memorized all 158 verses?
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
The "pound" key on your keyboard (#) is called an octotroph.
The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
The original story from "Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights" begins, "Aladdin was a little Chinese boy."



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26 Aug 2012, 8:21 pm

The real reason that Pete Quaife left The Kinks is because Dave Davies kept on punching him up and covering him with bruises. I found that out in the book that I'm reading right now. You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks.


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27 Aug 2012, 2:55 am

Tim Burton's upcoming movie Frankenweenie was originally supposed to be released in March, but Disney decided to release John Carter in that month and moved Frankenweenie to October 5th.

(Personally I think that was a smart move, because Frankenweenie is much more of a Halloween movie than a springtime movie. In fact, I speculate that part of the reason that Tim Burton's other 2012 movie, Dark Shadows, didn't perform well at the box office was because it was released in the spring instead of close to Halloween. But I think that it may still earn a bit of money since the DVD is coming out on October 2nd.)



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27 Aug 2012, 5:01 am

Speaking of which, I found out the other day that there are films that don't do well in the cinemas, but when they come out on DVD, or Video in the older days, some people watch them and like them and get others to do the same, so they become popular for that reason.



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27 Aug 2012, 5:33 am

IdahoRose wrote:
Tim Burton's upcoming movie Frankenweenie was originally supposed to be released in March, but Disney decided to release John Carter in that month and moved Frankenweenie to October 5th.

(Personally I think that was a smart move, because Frankenweenie is much more of a Halloween movie than a springtime movie. In fact, I speculate that part of the reason that Tim Burton's other 2012 movie, Dark Shadows, didn't perform well at the box office was because it was released in the spring instead of close to Halloween. But I think that it may still earn a bit of money since the DVD is coming out on October 2nd.)


Good point. I really hope Frankenweenie does well.


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27 Aug 2012, 9:47 am

When you mix Cerulean Blue with Burnt Sienna the pigment granulates up a little as it dries. This is neat because it can look like sand, dirt, or other rough surfaces.



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27 Aug 2012, 11:16 pm

every second, 100 lightning bolts strike the earth.


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27 Aug 2012, 11:30 pm

The Romans didn't distinguish mice from rats. They called mice 'mus minimus' and rats 'mus maximus'.


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27 Aug 2012, 11:45 pm

Oregon and New Jersey are the only two states in the US who have gas stations that serve you.

(Meaning you can get hired to pump someone else's gas.)


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