Little known facts

[Peloso]

The original title of the film Child's Play (which introduced the evil doll Chucky) was Blood Buddy.

Great title. They should have gone with that.

 

[gsdx]

Cats can safely drink salt water to rehydrate. Their kidneys can filter out the salt.

 

[PalacePaul]

 

[maxracer]

27 US states are either partially or wholly north of the southern most point in Canada

 

[Kulindahr]

In Asia, where soy sauce is from? I'd have to look it up.

Hmm...I don't know what they do in Asia!

 

[Kulindahr]

27 US states are either partially or wholly north of the southern most point in Canada

Walking as far south as possible in Canada--

Here's the line:

and these are the states:

Found a more informative one:

 

[belamyi]

^ One of the cases that gave birth to the fable of the Southern part of countries being a "hot mess".

 

[belamyi]

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https://static.preply.com/static/ss...ld-full-7c33f012c3bec209bd931861ba6d7f11.webp

 

[rareboy]

 

[belamyi]

Trite little known one

https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/calendrical-confusion-or-just-when-did-newton-die/

 

[Alistair]

One second of the Sun’s output could power Earth for half a million years

 

[Kulindahr]

Jupiter doesn't actually orbit the sun-- its mass is great enough that the point it orbits is outside the sun's surface!

 

[Araucaria]

Jupiter doesn't actually orbit the sun-- its mass is great enough that the point it orbits is outside the sun's surface!

It has been quite a few years since I've taken astronomy, but from what I remember, technically, the sun and any given planet orbit the center of the mass of the two objects. It's just that most planets are so small that the center of mass (presumably) is within the body of the sun. Jupiter is large enough to cause the sun to "wobble."

Another fact. The planets' orbits around the sun are ellipses. The sun sits at one of the foci of a planet's (e.g. earth's) orbit. What is at the other focus of the planet's orbit? Nothing!

 

[gsdx]

A few more astronomical facts.

Venus has the highest surface temperature in the Solar System even though Mercury is much closer to the sun due to runaway green house effect. Lead melts on Venus. Venus rotates clockwise but revolves around the sun counter/anti-clockwise like the other planets. A day on Venus is longer than its year.

Four planets (the gas planets) have a ring system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Uranus virtually rolls like a bowling ball around the sun. Its poles are almost in line with other planets' equators.

Jupiter's largest moon, Triton, revolves around the planet in a retrograde orbit, meaning that it revolves around Jupiter in the opposite direction of Jupiter's rotation.

Jupiter and Saturn have polar auroras like Earth.

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

 

[Peloso]

For decades, horror fans have lamented the disappearance of one of the most mysterious low budget horror films ever made. Popularly known as The Last House On Dead End Street, it was released on VHS in the 80's but quickly went out of print. A DVD release in the 90's disappointed and angered fans because it was heavily edited and terribly mastered. The film became legendary soon after it's 1977 theatrical release because of its inscrutable history; no one knew who really made it or even what it's original title was. Despite it's woozy, arthouse atmosphere and truly creepy ritualistic elements, it was rumored to be an actual snuff film (it isn't). The title is still not out on video and unavailable for streaming. Or is it?

It is. A while back, the director, Roger Watkins, went public with all the details that for so many years had remained buried. Vinegar Syndrome, a video distributor, obtained a copy and mastered it in high def but because of some legal snafu, was unable to release it as a title.

But you can still see it. Just buy a copy of Corruption, a hideous heterosexual porno film made in the late 70's by the same director. On the main menu, you must toggle down to the last option, then press the down button exactly six more times and it will appear in it's complete, reprehensibly perverse glory. No features, no chapter stops, just the most wonderfully unpleasant unpleasant horror film ever made, hidden deeply within an obscure, forgotten het porn.

 

[Kulindahr]

Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

Interestingly, that's not true of almost any ancient language!

 

[belamyi]

For decades, horror fans have lamented the disappearance of one of the most mysterious low budget horror films ever made. Popularly known as The Last House On Dead End Street, it was released on VHS in the 80's but quickly went out of print. A DVD release in the 90's disappointed and angered fans because it was heavily edited and terribly mastered. The film became legendary soon after it's 1977 theatrical release because of its inscrutable history; no one knew who really made it or even what it's original title was. Despite it's woozy, arthouse atmosphere and truly creepy ritualistic elements, it was rumored to be an actual snuff film (it isn't). The title is still not out on video and unavailable for streaming. Or is it?

It is. A while back, the director, Roger Watkins, went public with all the details that for so many years had remained buried. Vinegar Syndrome, a video distributor, obtained a copy and mastered it in high def but because of some legal snafu, was unable to release it as a title.

But you can still see it. Just buy a copy of Corruption, a hideous heterosexual porno film made in the late 70's by the same director. On the main menu, you must toggle down to the last option, then press the down button exactly six more times and it will appear in it's complete, reprehensibly perverse glory. No features, no chapter stops, just the most wonderfully unpleasant unpleasant horror film ever made, hidden deeply within an obscure, forgotten het porn.

Elaborating on that...

"Watkins's original cut of the film (now lost) ran approximately three hours in length."

"His best known adult films (Her Name Was Lisa (1979), Midnight Heat (1983), Corruption (1983), and American Babylon (1985) are considered by many to be more cult films or arthouse films than pornography due to their multi layered narratives that are downbeat in tone, containing elements of avant-garde, horror and satire."

 

[Peloso]

Elaborating on that...

Watkins's original cut of the film (now lost) ran approximately three hours in length."

It was titled "The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell", a reasonably apt title for the print that remains.

 

[belamyi]

It was titled "The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell", a reasonably apt title for the print that remains.

A reasonably apt title for virtually anything Hollywood has produced in the past 125 years or so... with a few (due) exceptions, like the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd-Bowers heritage, or the Marx Brothers and the Orson Welles films.

 

[Peloso]

A reasonably apt title for anything Hollywood has produced in the past 125 years or so... with a few (due) exceptions like the Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd-Bowers heritage, or the Marx Brothers and the Orson Welles films.

I disagree. Have you seen "Hudson Hawk" or "Ishtar"?

You also seem to be overlooking the oeuvres of Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler.