The "Did You Know?" Thread

[JayBee74]

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Did you know...

In the movie Casino, the F-word is said 422 times, including in the narration - 2.4 times per minute on average.* The film also holds the Guinness world record for the most swearing in a film.

*That's 2.4 FPM!

Wonder how many times Pesci said it?

Wonder how many times Pesci said it in Goodfellows?

[Segagendude]

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Did you know Jimi Hendrix once considered playing the accordion? Here's proof:
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[JayBee74]

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Did you know that later on in life Hugh Beaumont (Ward-Leave It To Beaver) suffered from Tourette's Syndrome (uncontrolled and offensive speech)? He cursed at Jerry Mathers when the two ran into each other at a grocery store.

[daflyboys]

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Did you know that later on in life Hugh Beaumont (Ward-Leave It To Beaver) suffered from Tourette's Syndrome (uncontrolled and offensive speech)? He cursed at Jerry Mathers when the two ran into each other at a grocery store.

So THAT's why he always said "the beaver". Man. I did not know.

[JayBee74]

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Did you know that they gave an award to animals for bravery? It's called the PDSA Gold Medal.



One of the recipients was a 14 year old Jack Russel Terrier named George. George intervened between two pit bulls and the five children he was playing with. He barked and rushed at them but eventually succumbed to injuries and had to be euthanized.

Both pit bulls were euthanized.

[superjames1992]

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Did you know...

In the movie Casino, the F-word is said 422 times, including in the narration - 2.4 times per minute on average.* The film also holds the Guinness world record for the most swearing in a film.

*That's 2.4 FPM!

The documentary F*** has 800+ uses of the F-word, although I am not sure if that is counted as a film.

LINK (NSFW).

The movie uses the F-word almost 10 times per minute!!!

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Did you know that when JFK was assassinated, several international newspapers were on the verge on spilling publicly his numerous affairs including an affair with a German woman who had direct KGB ties which would have led to his almost immediate impeachment. Hoover provided them the info after attempting to blackmail the Kennedys into providing more powers for the FBI in exchange for keeping it under wraps.

The best thing to happen JFK was being shot because his legacy remained intact, had he lived he would have ousted from office with a scandal that would have made Watergate seem like child's play.

[tanchl]

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Scott Glenn was originally cast as Clay Morrow in The Sons of Anarchy. He even began filming before the change to Ron Perlman. In the first episode, there is one brief moment in one scene you can see Scott Glenn.

[sva91]

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Lee corso and Burt Reynolds played football at florida st and were roomates.

Ted Williams mother was from Mexico making him one of the most famous Latino players ever.

will smith original choice for Matrix series.

[SPTO]

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Lee corso and Burt Reynolds played football at florida st and were roomates.

Here are separate "Did You Knows" for Corso and Reynolds. One of which may be a little more well known to you guys and the other would floor you all.

1. Burt Reynolds once did color commentary on CBS at the Sun Bowl. It was the 1977 game between Stanford and LSU.

2. Lee Corso was the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers and even got them to the '79 Holiday Bowl against BYU.

[daflyboys]

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Mike Nesmith's (of the Monkees) mother invented Liquid Paper

[Weeks]

Did you know:

Some physicists theorize that a Multiverse exists. It doesn't necessarily mean multiple universes exist as we know our universe to be, but the theory is that every possible outcome to every situation or choice we make exists in parallel dimension or universe.

I find this to be a pretty awesome thought.

Yeah, that stuff is fascinating. Kind of like the Schrodingers cat thing.

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Did you know Cuba Gooding Jr's first movie role was a non-speaking part? He was a customer in the Mi-T-Sharp barbershop in the movie "Coming to America". Also, this is his father:
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Also, this really WAS Michael Jackson, although he didn't sing; he DID do the talking parts:
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[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Did you know that if a shark is turned over on it's back in the water, it will immediately enter into a coma like state and become completely immobilized and die soon after if not turned back over within a few minutes. Killer whales have been known to do this by having one ram a great white shark hard enough to turn it over and then the others use teamwork to hold it in place upside down long enough in order to kill it.

[SPTO]

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Did you know this guy



Louie Anderson


was originally cast as cousin Larry on Perfect Strangers? Apparently they even went all the way to dress rehearsals and such but the chemistry between Anderson and Pinchot was so bad that they had to scramble for another actor: