Tell Me Something I Don't Know

[fireheart]

Among the versions of Monopoly are:

-Gayopoly (different gay hangouts from the US and the use of a triangular board)
-Anti-Monopoly (I've seen this one)
-"Vegas" monopoly (uses green felt board, wood panelling and gold/siilver pieces)
-Grateful Deadopoly.
-A South Australian version. Two actually. (These are typically sold as charity things)
-An AFL monopoly (no-really. You purchase bleachers as houses and stadiums as hotels )
-A hardware store chain version, a department store version.
-Two of the competing football clubs in my state each have their own monopoly boards.

Apparently in the UK, there is a drinking game where people follow the monopoly board and somehow get drunk. O.o

The original Monopoly tokens actually represented the rich and the working class. I'll let you guess which was which.

[Kit-Ginevra]

Chyler Leigh from Grey's Anatomy,must have really wanted her big break at 15.Cast in the awful Kickboxing Academy,her love interest was...her real-life brother.

[fireheart]

There's a time for swearing!

During the episode of Modern Family where Lily starts using the f-word over and over, she was never actually asked to say it and actually said "fudge" during filming. They simply dubbed it over with the censor bleep (from memory)

During the filming of "Meaning of Life", they actually said "...on the end of my SOCK" during the "Every Sperm is Sacred" sketch and dubbed "cock" in later. On top of that, the kids who were singing the song had no clue what they were actually singing about later

[cinema guy]

Nick Alkamade survived a 20000 feet fall from a burning Lancaster bomber during WW2. His parachute was damaged so he opted to jump out of a burning plane without a parachute rather than die in the fire. He crashed through pine trees and landing in a deep snow drift. He didn't break any bones.

He was captured but had a hard time convincing the Germans his story was true.

[ADeMartino]

If you look carefully, you'll see Joe Walsh (yes, the ex-Eagle) in the movie THE BLUES BROTHERS. Hint: He's an inmate in the final scene.

According to the 'extended features' of the 25th anniversary release of the Blues Brothers, actor John Belushi actually wandered off-set to a random nearby home, knocked on the door, introduced himself, asked if he could make a sandwich, and then took a nap on the family's sofa.

[Tesla]

Tungsten is the metal with the highest melting point.

The Cutty Sark was a sail powered ship that remained competitive with steam powered ships for several years. Additionally it has survived to present day.

One of the people behind Potter Puppet Pals is also the singer/songwriter of 'The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny'.

Minnie is short for Minerva. [Minnie Mouse]

The first revolver produced in numbers had a folding trigger that only dropped from the frame into firing position when the hammer was cocked.

[Jester]

If anyone's interested, I'll PM you a copy of the special.

Yes, please.

[fireheart]

Leonard DiCaprio was kicked off the set of Romper Room at age 5 for being disruptive.

There was apparently an episode of Romper Room in Japan where the host (Miss Midori) asked the kid to name something beautiful using the sound "ki". He responded with "kintama!" (testicles). She then asked him for another word that was beautiful and he responded with apparently what was "beautiful testicles" in Japanese. The kid was subsequently replaced after the first act with a teddy bear.

SM: I know they changed a number of the characters to different genders, too x.x

Anyhoo...back to the facts:

Nintendo, the huge game company/console maker, got its start as a maker of playing cards...in the 1800's.

-The characters changed for the English version of Sailor Moon were: Zoycite (male to female), Fish eye (male to female-they had a scene of him/her ripping off his/her "dress/shirt" thingy to reveal his chest and they just passed it off as her being "flat chested" ), some filler character for one of the funniest episodes in S/SuperS (the one where they visit a teahouse and Chibiusa pinches Usagi's foot) and Zirconia (female to male-this one screwed up the entire SuperS series because in the anime, Zirconia was an older version of Queen Nehelennia)

A defibrillator (the device used by medics to shock you during cardiac arrest) doesn't restart your heart, it stops it.

I'm sure Kerry Packer would LOVE to know about that....

Short version: Guy owned a TV channel in Aussieland, became known for establishing something to do with cricket, became slightly more famous for pulling a TV show off the air mid-show and had a heart attack at some point. After said heart attack, he requested that all ambulances in the state he resided in carry defib machines and agreed to partially fund it.
He himself actually got lucky-at the time of said heart attack, defib machines were not common on ambulances in Aussieland. He got lucky.
He died in 2005.

Speaking of the aforementioned TV show...


-There was a "special" in Aussieland called "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" which contained-among other things-animal sex and constant wardrobe malfunctions. (The show was actually a compilation of tapes sent in for Australia's Funniest Home videos that were too raunchy to be put on the show, but at the time they couldn't send the videos back)
Kerry Packer got wind of said "special" while having dinner at a friends house, rang up his channel and yelled out "Get that shit off the air!" The series was pulled about 35 minutes in to the 1-hour special and replaced with an episode of Cheers.

The aftermath?

-The host was fired/banned for life from the channel that made the show (he did return for some random show made by the channel in 2005 though O.o)
-The staff who were involved with said special were fired.
-In 2008 (3 years after his death), someone found a copy of the FULL episode and aired it 15 years and 51 weeks after the original airing. The guy who hosted it didn't return (he was offered the chance to, but didn't) and they made fun of the whole being cut early thing-although they had to tone down some of the jokes made by the original host.

If anyone's interested, I'll PM you a copy of the special. That said, it is VERY VERY VERY VERY NOT SAFE FOR WORK OR CHILDREN!!! (also the "M" rating that appears beforehand is a non-binding rating, it is roughly the equivalent of PG13)

[AnaKhouri]

Herman Melville's Moby Dick was partially based on the true story of the whaleship Essex, which was attacked and sunk by a whale.

(Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea is an amazing recounting of the tale of the Essex)

[Kit-Ginevra]

The song When Irish Eyes Are Smiling was written by a German who never set foot in Ireland.

Maltese football games do not have home or away.All the teams play together in the National Stadium.

And whilst we're in Malta,Maltese churches have two clocks in set at different times in order to confuse the Devil.

[mathnerd]

Little brothers are.

...if it wasn't for his head ...

[/Cos]

My oldest can confirm this.

[Jester]

Little brothers are.

...if it wasn't for his head ...

[/Cos]

I am SO glad you weren't around in my childhood to give my older sister ideas....

[Ironclad Alibi]

The script for Every Which Way But Loose was written with Burt Reynolds in mind for the main character, Phylo Beddoe. The author gave it to Clint Eastwood to pass on to Burt Reynolds. After reading the script Clint Eastwood decided to keep it for himself.

[Eisa]

Aurelio Voltaire was born in Cuba and immigrated to New Jersey as a child. From this song, you can tell how much he appreciated that move...

Speaking of Voltaire, his song "Brains" appeared in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and "Land of the Dead" appeared in Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure.

[dalesys]

Ping Pong balls are the hardest thing to flush down a toilet.

Little brothers are.

...if it wasn't for his head ...

[/Cos]