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22 Dec

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The Star Wars character name ‘R2D2′ stands for ‘Reel 2 Dialogue 2′

22 Dec

The Star Wars character name ‘R2D2′ stands for ‘Reel 2 Dialogue 2′

The name came about whilst George Lucas was mixing the soundtrack to American Graffiti.  The reels and dialogues were numbered and prefixed with an ‘R’ and ‘D’ respectively.
Sound designer Walter Murch asked George for Reel 2, Dialog 2 by saying “R2D2″. George liked the way that sounded so much he integrated that into another project [...]

Just like Ant and Dec, UK X-Factor’s ‘Jedward’ say they’ve been asked to stand with John on the right and Edward on the left – so it’s John and Edward when you see them on-screen.

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“101 Dalmatians” and “Peter Pan” are the only Disney animations in which both of a character’s parents are present and don’t die during the movie.

19 Nov

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The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of Chess is 318,979,564,000.

12 Nov

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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

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Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves

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