The Random Fun Facts Thread

[Gelfling Girl]

Jingle All the Way (Ugh...hated that movie ) was based on the popularity of Furbies and Cabbage Patch dolls.

 

[Kiki]

(This is kinda relevant, seeing as the movie on the book has been released recently...)

According to author Maurice Sandak (that's his name, right? ), the monsters in his famous book Where the Wild Things Are were based on his reletives from Brooklyn, who he despised as a youngster.

 

[The Shoe Fairy]

(This is kinda relevant, seeing as the movie on the book has been released recently...)

According to author Maurice Sandak (that's his name, right? ), the monsters in his famous book Where the Wild Things Are were based on his reletives from Brooklyn, who he despised as a youngster.

Sendak, so close.

 

[Kiki]

Sendak, so close.

Ah, thanks fer the correction. ;3

DID YOU KNOW? O_O
... Bay City Rollers manager Tam Paton picked the bands' name after sticking a pin in a map randomly and finding it stuck on Bay City, Michigan in the US.

 

[ryhoyarbie]

Ernie Hudson auditioned for the role of Winston Zeddemore on the Real Ghostbusters cartoon series but lost to Arsenio Hall.

 

[Gelfling Girl]

Y'know those videos of Christmas lights in sync with the music? A former Disney Imagineer set that up with their Guitar Hero game.


Here's a video if anyone wants to see it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXjbMIZzAgs

 

[Gelfling Girl]

The human brain is more powerful than a computer. (Of course, we all can't chat together on somebody's brain, though. )

 

[animalrescuer]

Basenjis don't bark because they have a unique shape to their larynx, instead they howl or yodel.

 

[animalrescuer]

Cairn Terriers and Polar Bears are both left-pawed.

 

[Gelfling Girl]

3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies is the largest amount of money you can have in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.