11,000 lab rats were lost in a fire at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1979. No one is sure why there were so many rats in one laboratory, and the head of the program, Dr. Willard, offered no explanation.
This will catch the last two, since one got skipped, and keeps everything in play.
In 1936 Jane Willard was chosen to be Statue of Liberty for what was to be Columbia’s screen “trademark Logo”. But she never saw her image on the silver Screen, because she was too afraid of crowds to ever go to the theatre.
Willard Scott knows nothing of meteorology; all his forecast material is fed to him via earphone. He is actually an accomplished clarinetist, plays many different styles and has a huge following in the NYC metro area.
It is a little known fact that a jar of Smucker’s Jam will remain unspoiled for over 100 years. Despite claims to the contrary by a small but rabid fan base, the oldest fruitcake on record has only survived 98 years, three months and 42 days.
Beware! A rabid porcupine is able to transmit the disease through its quills.
The Constitution and Declaration of Independence were both written and signed with the same quill pen. The pen had a place of honor at the White House until it was stolen when British troops burnt it in 1814. It’s believed to be kept somewhere in Canada, and the United States has been unsuccessfully trying to find out its location and get it back for the past 200 years.
Something Canadians have known for quite some time (though Americans may not): the quill pen used to sign the Declaration and the US Constitution is at the Royal Ontario Museum, in downtown Toronto, and has been on view to visitors since 1965, when its provenance was proved. The US government actually knows full well where the pen is, but as it is not kept in the care of the Canadian government (with whom the US has treaties), diplomatc efforts have stalled, as the province of Ontario is barred by the Canadian constitution from having diplomatic relations with the US.
Joseph’s original coat was found in an Ontario thrift store by Rulon Osmond, grandfather of Donny, who later set a record as the most performances playing Joseph in the Ontario show, wearing the original Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” was supposed to be in the original version of “Jesus Christ, Superstar” (Jesus was going to relate the parable to his followers during the first act), but Robert Stigwood pointed out it would make for a 3 1/2 hour play which would hurt the number of nightly performances, so it was dropped.
Superstar, a male Blue Tick hound owned by Christopher Guest, can clearly whine “Jesus Christ” when teased with a bacon Beggin’ strip. The video has over 12 million hits on YouTube.
Originally, Beggin’ Strips were going to be Kevin Bacon Beggin’ Strips–an investment ploy–but Kyra would have none of it.
Kevin Bacon has never starred in a movie featuring himself, since it would cause the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon to collapse into a singularity which would destroy all space and time as we know it.
The all-time low of six degree fahrenheit for the Hawaiian Islands was recorded in 1845. Some meteorologists dispute the claim because the “Certificate of Live Temperature” is not the same as more common Temperature Certificates used in most states.
Meteorology is the study of meteors.
Claustrophobia is the fear that Santa will fall on you when you put a log on the fire.
Santa Evita (María Eva Duarte de Perón) is the patron saint of musicals in Catholicism, but only in Argentina and the Falkland Islands.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s next project is Fox’s Book Of Martyrs. It stars Nathan Lane.
Nathan Lane is also slated to play Grizabella in Cats II, which has been delayed due to a dispute between Webber and Lane as to whether Grizabella had seven or eight previous lives. Lane insists this must be resolved before he will join rehearsals. He stated that “It deeply affects the motivation of this character, which in turn affects how I portray her.”
Inspired by the success of Cats, Webber penned a play titled “Dogs”, which has never been performed because the script calls for the players to perform analingus live on stage.
In a recent radical production of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit, all the doors were locked, barred and boarded up once the audience was seated. The theater was then set on fire. Critics gave it mixed reviews, as those who saw it didn’t survive it.