Did you know that...

[Swatopluk]

Did you know that an archer stuntman got so angry at Cecil B. DeMille at the set of "The Crusades" for shouting at them with a megaphone that he sent an arrow right through it, mere inches from DeMille's face? DeMille is reported to have never shouted at the stuntmen again (at least not during this production).

[Swatopluk]

Did you know that Teddy Roosevelt once delivered a 90-minute speech after being shot in the chest (the bullet went through his notes for the speech) prior to being taken to the hospital. He began the speech by saying, "Some of you may not be aware that I have just been shot..." ?

[The Meromorph]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFkeKKszXTw

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

[Griffin NoName]

[Swatopluk]

Did you know that on occasion of a visit by Her Majesty the Queen in Germany the Duisburg main railway station temporarily renumbered track 13 as track 12a because Elizabeth II. is superstitious? (would it not have been simpler for her to arrive on track 10 instead?)

[Pachyderm]

Used condoms were recycled into hair bands in Southern China. They sold quite well, although several physicians voiced concerns about potential hygiene problems.

[Swatopluk]

Did you know that, when contraceptives could not be legally imported to Ireland except for personal use, a man managed to get past customs with 10000+ condoms using said loophole? (shelf life of unused condoms at the time: about 3 years).

[Griffin NoName]

Did you know that if you shaved and dressed up a neanderthal they would be indistinguishable from homo sapiens on a bus?

Did you know if you sold all parts of the human body (incl. skin, meat etc) you'd make just over £400,000.

[Lindorm]

Interesting evaluation of the human body, especially considering that I have seen some risk analysis work where a single human life was valued below that.

[Swatopluk]

Well, according to the Pentagon the life of an Afghan civilian is worth 400$ [/sarcasm]

[Swatopluk]

Did you know that Iceland follows the same policy for horses that Japan did for people before the forced opening?
(i.e. once out never again in and none in in general)

[Swatopluk]

Did you know that the last Confederate Civil War widow died in 2004, the result of a rather extreme May December marriage. The last Union widow died just the year before.

[Sibling DavidH]

Did you know that the first important battle (arguably) and the very last battle of our civil war were both fought just down the road from me, at Worcester?

(Powick Bridge, 23 September 1642 and Worcester, 3 September 1651.)

[Swatopluk]

Did you know that during the Cold War there were serious proposals to physically move West Berlin to the Lüneburg Heath?
Less pleasant were (repeated) Bavarian demands to sell West Berlin to the Soviets for a profit because West Germany subsidized West Berlin with money gained from a 2-penny surcharge on postage stamps (10%). Well, Bavaria is our GOPland.