Really TRUE odd factoids

[Dave7]

The song "All By Myself" written and sung by Eric Carmen was released in 1975 and got to No 2 in America.
It sold over a million copies in America.
The music was based on Rachmaninoffs concerto number 2 which was out of copyright .........in America.
What "they" didn't realise was that was not out of copyright in many other countries.
When it all came out Carmen agreed to pay 12% of royalties on that and a follow up song based on the same concerto.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The shape of a Toblerone is actually meant to represent dancers the Folies Bergères

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Gary Numan is older that Gary Oldman.

 

[Chris S]

Gary Numan is older that Gary Oldman.

By 13 days

 

[Beebo]

Gary Numan is older that Gary Oldman.

It’s one of my favourite facts
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/i...liam-the-conqueror.241543/page-3#post-5415440

 

[Electric_Andy]

In the movie Jaws (spoilers if you haven't seen it!!):

1. The mechanical shark was nicknamed Bruce & built by the SFX guru who did the giant squid in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
2. Robert Shaw wrote some of the famous 'USS Indianapolis' speech.
3. The famous jump-scare shot of the severed head was filmed in a backyard swimming pool.
4. The stunt woman eaten at the start had to be pulled sideways by technicians with ropes & finally dragged under by...Steven Spielberg.

The girl in the sea actually broke her ribs, as the harness she was wearing was being pulled from each side at the same time, apparently because there was a mix up. The screams were real due to the pain but they all thought it was her great acting!

 

[classic33]

Approximately 100,000 phones each year are lost or damaged beyond repair by being accidentally dropped down toilets in the united kingdom.

The fear of being without a mobile phone is called Nomophobia

 

[captain nemo1701]

The girl in the sea actually broke her ribs, as the harness she was wearing was being pulled from each side at the same time, apparently because there was a mix up. The screams were real due to the pain but they all thought it was her great acting!

Richard Dreyfuss also tells the story that in post production sound recording, to recreate her gargling screams, Spielberg was in the studio pouring water into her mouth, so technically 'waterboarding' her.

 

[Dave7]

The Alfred Dunhill golf competition in South Africa is held at Leopards Creek golf Course
That is adjacent to the Kruger national park.
Kruger national park covers as big an area as Wales or Belgium.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Polls by the International Fund for Animal Welfare found that 70 per cent of Chinese people didn’t realise that ivory comes from dead elephants.

 

[Drago]

Ivory actually originates in live elephants.

 

[Beebo]

Ivory actually originates in live elephants.

But by the time it gets to China it comes from dead elephants. And the elephant has been killed solely for the ivory.

 

[Chris S]

They could probably sell the meat in China as well.

 

[classic33]

In folklore, Saturday was often viewed as the best day to hunt vampires, as this was the day of the week when they were restricted to their coffins.

It was also believed in the Balkans that if somebody was born on a Saturday then they could see a vampire that was invisible to others, and that these people were the best recruits to become vampire hunters.

 

[classic33]

When the mummy of Ramses II, one of the greatest pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, was flown to France for repairs in 1974, he was issued a legal Egyptian passport. It listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”