The School of Rock curse refers to the fact that over half of the children in the cast of that movie have been arrested on various charges — from minor to felony — since the release of that film, including Miranda Cosgrove.
Children who skip school are 27% more likely to make up statistics on the spot than children who attend classes regularly.
Alan Hale, who played the Skipper on Gilligan’s Island, asked the producers to come up with a name for his character. After they did so (giving the character the name Jonas Grumby) he invoked an obscure clause in the standard SAG contract which entitled him to a higher salary per episode because he was now playing a named character.
Hale came up with the name “Jonas Grumby” from the Bible story of Jonah and the Whale (suitable for a sailor); and the short story “Billy Grumby,” which was about an inept Navy sailor, and which Hale had read in the “Saturday Evening Post” during the 1950s.
Though the Bible has Jonah living in the whale, modern scholarship suggests that he actually had a time-share arrangement wherein he stayed in the whale only on alternate weekends.
The Bible is being translated into baby talk.
Babies can be taught Klingon.
Though Klingon is beloved by Star Trek fans, who believe it is a made-up language of the 20th century, it is actually based upon Old Russian, as spoken in the 17th century.
Because of irregularities in Earth’s orbit, the 20th century was only 98 years long.
Irregularities in Earth’s orbit mean that the planet we think is Mars is actually the star Rigel-7.
Mars was not, as most believe, the Roman God of War, but of candy bars.
A small percentage of guano is one of the ingredients contained in Grey Poupon mustard.
Grey Pylon was not created in France, as is commonly believed. It actually originated in Swaziland.
Swahili is the only known language that doesn’t have different terms for “man” and “woman”
Lt. Uhura’s name is Swahili for “opening hailing frequencies”.
Uhura also means “token colored woman” in Klingon.
The name Klingon came from Billy Klingon, a bully who used to pick on Gene Roddenberry when they were in fourth grade together.
Fourth graders in Mississippi have spitoons at their desks.
The spitoon is a German unit of currency roughly equal to the value of one spitz dog.
Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals in swimming at the 1972 Olympics, was the first male celebrity to appear as a nude centerfold for Playgirl magzine.