Saturday, December 11, 2010

Some Nerdy Trivia

  • Seeking a sage and wizened look, the creators of Star Wars modeled Yoda's face after Albert Einstein.

  • Belle, from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, can be seen in a crowd scene in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

  • Chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's movie Psycho; it took seven days to shoot the 45-second scene.

  • Water exists on the sun.

  • Animal Crackers were first produced with a string on the box so they could be used as Christmas tree ornaments.

  • The answer to the question which came first, the chicken or the egg, can be found in the Bible (Genesis 1:20-22).

  • An exocannibal eats only his enemies, while an indocannibal eats only his friends.

  • 111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 a palindromic number.

  • British merchant Peter Durand came up with the idea of canned food in 1810, but the can opener wasn't invented until 48 years later by Ezra J. Warner.  Until 1858 cans were opened with a hammer and chisel.

And my Personal Favorite:
  • The Bible has been translated into nearly 2,500 languages, including Klingon, Romulan, and Vulcan.

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