And it’s such an obscure bit that I had to post it twice! (#%&*@$!!
Former collegiate basketball superstar Art Heyman owns a bar called Tracy J’s, on 19th Street near Park Avenue South. The jukebox plays a lot of Sinatra, and tracks from Dark Side of the Moon are also popular. It’s a very homely, homey place with a very loyal clientelle. In the men’s room, there’s a graffito written in 2000 that says: “The end is near. There’s trouble in the holy land… and the antichrist is running for president.”
The Aztecs had toys with wheels, but the mountainous and jungly terrain around Tenochtitlan made wheeled vehicals impractical.
While highly improbable, nuclear fission does occur naturally. There is at least one known case of a deposit of some radioactive metal reaching critical mass. This happened somewhere in Africa a very long time ago. Who knows, maybe a few monkeys had a constructive and inheritable mutation as a result.
The ‘common’ name for red/green colorblindness is Daltonism and the term came into usage following the publication of Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours, with observation by English physicist John Dalton.
Bruxism is the term for teeth grinding.
Since 1983, the late, great Chet Atkins always appended his signature c.g.p. after bestowing upon himself the honorary degree Certified Guitar Player. He also bought a seat for his guitar whenever he flew.
oh, by the way, i also know the proper name of #
Well? Well? What is it? Is it not “Pound Sign?” Is it not “Hash mark?” Don’t keep us hanging, Octothorpe!
annieclaus - maybe you’re making a funny, but in case not, i’ll let you in on the secret…the answer is in his name. or, more precisely, the answer is his name.
Nope, see the Staff Report “What’s the origin of the meter and the metric system?”.
The Romans had a god of feces named Sterculius. (Unfortunately, I have not been able to find out any other information about this fascinating deity besides the fact that he was the god of manure and latrines. Anyone care to share any more?)
I also know Gene Ray’s home phone number, for those of you who are fans of www.timecube.com.
The footballer Mark Hughes’ real name is not Mark Hughes.
That’s not even close to the record. At least 75 actors have played Sherlock Holmes on film or television, according to the 1993 edition of The Guinness Book of Movie Facts & Feats. The number has probably gone up since 1993.
ahhh… but has he ever been played by an actress?
Paul McCartney’s first name is Jim. (James, actually)
William Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, was several years older than he and about four months pregnant when they were married.
The Shakespeares had three children, Susannah, and twins Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet died at age 11.
Another common Shakespeare misquote: “The better part of valour is discretion” NOT “Discretion is the better part of valour” (Henry IV, Part I)
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William Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, was several years older than he and about four months pregnant when they were married.
The Shakespeares had three children, Susannah, and twins Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet died at age 11.
Another common Shakespeare misquote: “The better part of valour is discretion” NOT “Discretion is the better part of valour” (Henry IV, Part I)
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When you sneeze, all your bodily functions stop… even your heart. Guess we’re lucky to survive all our sneezes. Though what about those poor people that have sneezing fits all year round? Maybe they’re extra-lucky, I don’t know.
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The original Macintosh operating system (System 1) did not have a “Shut Down” command. When you were finished working, you would eject the floppy disk, then simply turn the machine off.
It also had no command for creating a new Folder. The startup diskette always had one folder named “Empty Folder”, and when you wanted a new folder, you’d use the Duplicate command, then rename the duplicate.
Oh, and you know the “zoom recs”? The little outlines that zoom out from a drive or folder icon to the edges of the open window frame as it opens? Under Macintosh System 1, the zoom recs would always bounce off the middle of the screen, then up towards you, expanding to become the open window.
The show ** Jesus Christ Superstar ** was banned in the USSR when it came out. Russians were so desperate to hear the music that two enterprising people got a copy of it, put together a show with songs using the original Andrew Lloyd Webber melodies, and their own anti-capitalistic lyrics. They called it the Russian translation of ** Rock and Roll At Dawn. **.
I would KILL to get ANYTHING from that show.
Thanks to Monty Python I know(and have stored in my head) that:
Our galaxy is 100,000 light years side to side. Of course, it bulges in the middle where it is 16,000 light years thick(but out by us it’s 3,000 light years wide).
John Cleese claims to be the first person to use the word “fuck” in a eulogy(Graham Chapman’s).
When Russell Crowe was playing Jeffery Weigand in The Insider
the Hair and Makeup people had to shave RC’s head, cause they couldn’t get the Hair consistant, so they had to put a Hairpiece on.
I know the names of just about all of the actors to play Doctor Who. Actors have played him in film, television, stage and radio. These actors include:
Original TV series:
Wiliam Hartnell
Patrick Troughton
Jon Pertwee
Tom Baker
Peter Davison
Richard Hundrall
Colin Baker
Sylvester McCoy
Terry Walsh (a stuntman who I’m including because he appeared about 100 times and his face can be seen more than once!)
Stage:
Jon Pertwee
Colin Baker
David Banks
(In the same play!)
Another actor whose name I believe to have been Terry or Terrence
Movies:
Peter Cushing
Sylvester McCoy
Paul McGann
Radio:
Jon Pertwee
Tom Baker
Colin Baker
Sylvester McCoy
Comic Relief Skit (yes, all of these in 20 minutes!):
Rowan Atkinson
Hugh Grant
Jim Broadbent (who also appears on the video release playing ANOTHER incarnation of the Doctor in ANOTHER send up!)
Richard E Grant
Joanna Lumley
There was also another actor who played the role on the Doctor Who night whose name completely escapes me. He was a redhead.
Finally, the role has been played by at least a dozen actors in various sendups on the BBC.