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funny but relatively useless information A rat can last longer without water than a camel. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
Useless information — richardpettinger.com
LOL: The Recurring Prop Newspaper
If you watch enough television shows and movies, then you might even start to notice that a bunch of the same props are used over and over again. I first noticed this with a magazine prop in various television shows including Married With Children, which featured a gum advertisement on the back cover. Someone on Reddit recently put together a compilation of photos from various television shows, commercials and movies, showing how one newspaper prop gets around and is reused, and reused again. I don’t know the story behind this prop newspaper, but I assume it was created as a royalty free prop for television shows. Somewhere along the line, the prop became a recurring gag between propmasters. Something like how sound designers reuse the Wilhem Scream in every movie.
Feb 9th 2010 By: Caleb Goellner Not to sound like an old-timer, but I can recall an age when appearing on a cover (yes, even a variant) meant a character, however limited their role, would at least grace a storyline in some small capacity. That age is dead and Deadpool killed it. Personally, I don't mind. I drew Ed McGuinness' DP on every third homework assignment I filled out through seventh grade.
That Darn Deadpool: Now on 21 Variant Covers This Month
Piston-engine airplanes in the movies are unusually subject to engine failure. This failure mode is unique to filmdom - engine coughs, keeps running. Hero doesn't notice.
The Movie Cliches List, part 1
When Stephen Fry goes in search of the rare kakapo - "the old night parrot of New Zealand" - he finds himself privy to an unusual mating ritual which is "one of the funniest things he has ever seen". Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine have been tracking down some of the most endangered animals on the planet in a six-part series. Last Chance to See goes in search of the Kakapo on Sunday 4 October at 2000BST on BBC Two. Previous episodes are available at the Last Chance to See website.
