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Adrian Paul was given the role of Duncan McLeod who in the story was born in the same village 75 years after Connor was banished and like his cousin once he knew who he was, he too began to wonder the world. The series documents his life in the present as well as his previous life similar to the...

Highlander was directed by Russell Mulcahy who previously directed various music videos including the first music video to appear on MTV “ Video killed the radio star” by Buggles Sean Connery was only available to film for five days and completed all his scenes in that time period. His...

In tribute to the late Olivia Newton John interesting facts about Grease Randal Kleiser would go on to direct films such as “Flight of the navigator” and “White fang” as well as “Honey I blew up the kid” Johns older sister Ellen appeared as a waitress in one scene and future 80s action star...

In tribute to the late Olivia Newton John interesting facts about Grease the musical. Grease was a stage Musical before it was a film and is set in the 1970s at a high school reunion where the characters reminisce about their time at high school in the 50s, the film is set in the 50s. the...

In tribute to the late Olivia Newton John interesting facts about Grease the musical. Grease was a stage Musical before it was a film and is set in the 1970s at a high school reunion where the characters reminisce about their time at high school in the 50s, the film is set in the 50s. the...

The number 12 Twelve is the highest number pronounced with a single syllable. 12 features in the Bible with the 12 sons of Jacob, 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 apostles of Jesus. 12 is the highest number on the Beaufort scale as well as the highest number on a standard clock. 12 months and...

misheard song lyrics. The term for where a person mishears song lyrics is Mondegreen, first used by Sylvia Wright in 1954 after she misheard "laid him on the green" for "Lady mondgreen" Famous examples include "'scuse me while I kiss this guy" ('scuse me while I kiss the sky) from Purple...

stretching along 15 blocks of Hollywood boulevard and 3 blocks of Vine street the Hollywood walk of fame was conceived in 1953 as a permanent monument to performers but the first star was not laud until 1960 for Stanley Kramer. Anyone can nominate a performer but the performer must agree to...

Until 1753 the UK celebrated New Year's Day on March 25Th. Following the French Revolution A week in France was 10 days long, 10 hours to a day and 100 seconds to a minute, this lasted until 1805. Russia celebrates on the 1st and the 14th of January to include the Julian and the Gregorian...

The board game monopoly The game is based on an earlier game called "the landlord game" invented by Lizzie Maggie in 1903 and self published in 1906 the game we know was published in 1935 by the Parker brothers before being bought by Hasbro in 1991 The landlords game had two sets of rules one...

Rutger Hauer With the announcement of his death we celebrate his life as an iconic actor Born on 23rd January 1944 as Rutger Oelsen Hauer in The Netherlands to parents who were both actors he served in the Dutch navy before becoming an actor. Speaks fluent German Is color blind Did...

The book 1984 by George Orwell June 8th was the 70 th anniversary of the publication of 1984 1984 led to the word Orwellian meaning a state where normal societal freedoms are restricted. Whilst Orwell did not invent CCTV in the story Telescreens are used to spy on all the party members...

About queues and queueing There is a queueing theory used in telecommunications and computer programming. The term reneging means customers who leave a queue having waited too long Balking means customers who won't join a queue they think is too long and jockeying is used to describe...

The chemical formula for caffeine is c8, h10,n4, o2 Caffeine is one of the most addictive substances known to man alongside nicotine and alcohol and is largely unregulated in most countries although it was illegal to drink coffee in public, punishable by death in the city of Istanbul in 1633...

Orange The word orange didn't appear in the English language until the 14th century. Instead people would describe the colour as yellow-red this is also the reason why people are not described as orange haired but red or ginger. Ginger was in common use during medieval times due to the food...

1948 The oscars held its 20th award ceremony and Santa Claus won best supporting actor for a miracle on 34th St No one won the Nobel peace prize (it was thought Gandhi would however he was assassinated in January of that year) Velcro, bar codes and Scrabble were invented Polaroid...

Interesting sayings from around the world In Sweden if you say someone "slide in on a shrimp sandwich" you are suggesting they got the top job but not because they were the best person to do it In Mexico if you say you are "wiggling the bucket" you feel like dancing In Russia if you say " I'm...

Aside from being the answer to life the universe and everything 42 crops up in some interesting ways 42% of the London Underground is actually underground A rainbows angle is 42 degrees CERN and Google both have a building 42 Fictional FBI agent Fox Mulder's apartment number is 42 A...

Beer... Guinness estimates that in the U.K. 93 000 litres of beer are lost in beards every year Beer drunk first thing in the morning tends to be frowned on generally however Frederick the great advised his subjects in 1777 to drink beer in the morning instead of coffee. And whilst we are...

There are various thoughts as to why Friday 13th is considered a bad date from there being 13 people at the last supper and Jesus dying on Good Friday to the knights Templar Being rounded up and arrested by King Phillip IV of France on Friday 13th 1307. In Spanish speaking countries Tuesday and...