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Kermit the Frog is left handed and has 11 points on his
collar.
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Marilyn Monroe never received an Academy Award nomination.
***
Martial artist film star Jackie Chan's birth name was Kong
Sung Chan.
***
Norma who?
Norma Talmadge (1893-1957), all but forgotten by today's
movie-goers was a super star in her day. History has it that
she was the very first star to have her footprints placed in
the wet cement outside of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
***
Could have thought of a better name...
The first full length movie ever made in Hollywood was
"The Squaw Man" produced in 1913 by Jesse Lasky and directed
by Cecil B. DeMille. Over 7,000 hairpieces were made for the
movie by Max Factor.
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I love this movie...
The producers of the film, which was based on the children's
book "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH," were informed by
the toy company Whammo that they couldn't use "Frisby" as
the name of their lead character. The only problem was that
they had already recorded John Carridine's voice for the film
as the old Owl, who used the name "Frisby" several times in
his dialogue. Rather than spend the money to re-record him,
they editorially replaced the "F" sound with a "B" as best
they could, and changed her name to Mrs. Brisby in the script
for the other actor's recording sessions.
***
Two mature trees provide enough oxygen for a family of four.
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Trees help reduce the "greenhouse effect" by absorbing CO2.
One acre of trees removes 2.6 tons of CO2 per year.
***
By cooling the air and ground around them, the shade from
trees helps cool the Earth's temperature.
***
Well placed trees help cut energy costs and consumption
by decreasing air conditioning costs 10-50% & reducing
heating costs as much as 4-22%.
***
In deserts, leaves absorb moisture from the dew and
frost of the cool nights and release it to cool the air
during the warm days.
***
A tree-line buffer between fields and streams helps
remove farming pollutants before they reach the water.
***
In 1962 Leonardo DaVinci's Mona Lisa was valued at $100
million.
***
The Louvre was originally constructed as the fortress of
Philippe Auguste in 1190.
***
John James Audubon painted 435 watercolours of birds in
his life time.
***
Artist Edgar Degas was so fascinated with ballet dancers
that he became obsessed with representing them in his art.
It is estimated Degas made approximately 1500 paintings,
pastels, prints and drawings of dancers.
***
A tesellation is a design made from shapes that fit toget-
her perfectly. For example a chessboard is a simple
tessellation made of squares.
***
The term 'cartoon' relates to a preliminary, but fully
worked, sketch from which the outlines could be trans-
ferred to be the basis of a design for a fresco or paint-
ing.
***
Camels have 3 eyelids to protect them from dust.
***
Lightning is three times hotter than the surface of the sun.
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Adult cats shed their coats three times a year spring,
summer, and in autumn.
***
In 1962, partly in response to the civil rights movement,
Crayola decides to change the name of the "flesh" crayon
to "peach." Renaming this crayon was a way of recognizing
that skin comes in a variety of shades.
***
To help you remember the days of the month, remember
"30 days has September, April, June, and November. All
the rest have 31, except February, which has 28."
***
March 22, 1894
The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The
Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup
unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa
Capitals.
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