Monk was the first show that the USA network filmed in the US. All previous shows were filmed in Canada.
Canada is almost 30% larger than Australia.
When Glenn Wheatley decided to form a record label for the release of the early 1990s Oceania cast recordings of Jesus Christ Superstar, he called the label Emerald City because Austrailian is often abbreviated as OZ.
John Glenn, Democrat of Ohio, ran unsuccessfully for President in 1984 but was not able to pay off his campaign debt until many years later.
John Glenn, at the age of 77, became the oldest man to fly in space when he flew on the Discovery.
When newswoman Connie Chung’s battery-powered backpack caught fire at the 1984 convention, John Glenn pulled it off her, helping to save her from serious injury.
George Orwell chose the title “1984” by reversing the last two digits in 1948, the year he was writing the novel.
George Orwell once served as a British Empire police officer in India.
Britain retains sovereignty over 14 territories outside the British Isles, which were renamed the British Overseas Territories in 2002. Some are uninhabited except for scientific or military personnel.
Canada has three federal territories: the Northwest Territories (added to Canada in 1870); Yukon (split from NWT in 1898); and Nunavut (split from NWT in 1999). The provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well as much of the province of Manitoba, were also once part of the NWT.
The Yukon has the highest Canadian per capita concentration of citizens with master’s and doctorate levels of education.
Yukon Cornelius was the bluff but good-hearted prospector in the children’s Christmas stop motion animated classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which first aired in 1964.
In the 1930s, Sheik Condoms, named after Rudolph Valentino’s most famous role, were introduced and feature Valentino’s silhouette on the packaging for years. (This was all after his death in 1926.)
One of the reasons the Yukon was split from the NWT was to accommodate the high number of prospectors coming for the Yukon gold rush. The Dominion government was careful to establish a customs and immigration post at the point where the trail from Alaska crossed into Yukon, to assert Canadian sovereignty, having seen what happened to lower British Columbia half a century earlier. the NorthWest Mounted Police also played an important role in Yukon, both in asserting Canadian sovereignty and in keeping the peace.
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In the 1930s, Sheik Condoms, named after Rudolph Valentino’s most famous role, were introduced and featured Valentino’s silhouette on the packaging for years. (This was all after his death in 1926.)
In 1926, Robert Service, the Bard of the Yukon, published a forgetable novel, the “Master of the Microbe.” Service is better known for his poems from the Yukon gold rush, notably “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, and “The Ice-Worm Cocktail.” Service never wrote a poem about that well-known denizen of the north, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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Robert Conrad worked as a milkman in Chicago.
Robert the Bruce was inspired by a spider.
Bruce Campbell once worked as a security guard at a beer brewery until a co-worker realized he was in The Evil Dead (1981).
After completing principal photography of *The Evil Dead *in the winter of 1979-1980, most of the actors left the production. However, there was still much of the film to be completed. Most of the second half of the film features Bruce Campbell and various stand-ins (or “Fake Shemps”) to replace the actors who left.