Made-Up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes

Gene Wilder is actually the quick shot portrayed in Blazing Saddles, having won the National Quick Draw competition from 1971 through 1975, and again in 1977. His performance in BS was an off-day for him, as he had sprained his thumb earlier in the week.

Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman are the same person, whose birth name is One-Eye Popperman. Popperman used lifts whenever he appeared as Gene Wilder. His most difficult role was not as Igor in Young Frankenstein, but in every other role he performed as both Wilder and Feldman. Disguising his hump required long hours in make-up.

One-Eye Popperman’s father, Two-Eye Popperman, changed his family name from Pepperwinkle as he didn’t want the family disgraced by having an actor in the family.

Eyes are the strongest organ in the body, but due to their shape and placement within the eye socket, it’s hard for most people to utilize them. With special eye piercings, people are able to lift and hold weights of over 200 lbs with ease!

^ (oh, ick! And again, ick!)

The first electronic organ was used in the Paris Opera in the late 18th century. The Phantom of said opera was banished to the catacombs for daring to use it when all other organists declared it inferior to pump organs.

(you sure get icked out a lot, Golden Boy)

The Phantom of the Opera had a complete fitness center down in the bowels of the opera house so he could stay pumped and buff.

According to Bob Woodward’s The Really Real and 100% Genuine Phantom, Jean-Claude Phartuccio-Vaudreuil, the actual Phantom of the Opera, lived in the Blawnox, Pretoria and Sao Paolo opera houses until his death in 1927, after being evicted from the Paris Opera due to wisserteen years of unpaid rent.

On his 1927 flight Lindbergh was smuggling early porn to repressed French Catholics.

Elizabeth Bowles was among the racier of the models shown in those magazines. She later to become the wife of King George VI, and mother of Elizabeth II. Her speciality was lascivious poses with other deminude damsels. Ms. Bowles was unfailingly in the dominant role in such pix.

The QE II, now docked in Dubai, is being refitted with hydrofoils and will be relaunched later this year for around-the-world cruises. She is expected to make the complete circumference of the Earth in 75 hours. Walking the deck while at sea will be severely frowned upon.

The first circumnavigation of the Earth via hot air balloon was accomplished in 1343 B.C. by Hakunakahten, third son of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Of course, the world was much smaller back then.

The Earth expands at the rate of 1.68 miles per year, due to inertial forces, tectonics and vulcanism. It’s expected to “pop” sometime in the 27th century.

All hot tubs on the new and improved QE ll have been safety-engineered using the finest Swiss plumber’s helpers strategically placed to ensure maximum suctionocity.

75 hours is the record for the longest sexual encounter. The record is held by: Sting, obviously, and Natalie Maines.

[Obviously etv78 and I took naps and didn’t realize there was a new page created while we slept. We should’ve been doing something more productive than sleeping, like maybe trying to beat the world record. :smiley: ]

IP: When the earth pops, there will be ice cream for everyone and comfy bummin’ around clothes will be the new dress code.

Earth Pops were manufactured to be given to children brought to the first Earth Day celebration in 1970. They were not a hit as they were made from real earth.

The first Earth Day was nearly cancelled because the Apollo.13 crisis was ongoing.

The Apollo 13 crisis was a hoax, perpetrated not by NASA but by the TV networks to gain ratings. It was directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and the original script was for the astronauts to break into a song-and-dance number when the capsule was opened by the rescue frogmen.

The Apollo 13 astronauts agreed to return safely to Earth only when assured that they would have the chance to later meet with Vice President Spiro Agnew.

According to Planet Devourer’s Weekly, Earth-like planets have an acquired taste that is often described with notes such as leather, salty starship exhaust, and has a mealy texture. This is probably why we’ve survived as long as we have!