Ealdwita Posted September 19, 2013 Author #126 Share Posted September 19, 2013 The glass slipper in 'Cinderella' is the result of a mis-translation from its original French. Originally it was a fur slipper. Vair = fur.....Verre = glass. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted September 19, 2013 #127 Share Posted September 19, 2013 In fairy tales there are two girls in different stories called "Snow White". Really??? I only know the famous one, who is the other one??? The glass slipper in 'Cinderella' is the result of a mis-translation from its original French. Originally it was a fur slipper. Vair = fur.....Verre = glass. A fur slipper? ....I'm glad they made a mistake translating the story!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted September 19, 2013 #128 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Wyatt Earp was a pimp in Peoria.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeraldgemheart Posted September 19, 2013 #129 Share Posted September 19, 2013 More people are killed by falling coconuts then shark attacks every year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted September 19, 2013 Author #130 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Really??? I only know the famous one, who is the other one??? 'SurLaLune Faerie Tales' lists no less than 59 folk tales with similar themes to Snow White. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted September 19, 2013 #131 Share Posted September 19, 2013 More people are killed by falling coconuts then shark attacks every year. Oh no! Now we have to worry about falling coconuts on foreign holidays as well as sharks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecoNoir Posted September 19, 2013 #132 Share Posted September 19, 2013 While he didn't serve in Vietnam, all of the sweaters Fred Rogers wore on his show "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" were hand made by his mother. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted September 20, 2013 #133 Share Posted September 20, 2013 The popular house/garden plant, the geranium, was originally wrongly named due to a catalogue error. The intended name was the 'pelargonium' but by the time the mistake was noticed the name geranium had stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted September 20, 2013 #134 Share Posted September 20, 2013 The Michael Meyers mask used in the movie Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drayno Posted September 20, 2013 #135 Share Posted September 20, 2013 In Culpeper, Virginia no one may wash a mule on the sidewalk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecoNoir Posted September 20, 2013 #136 Share Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) Christopher Lee was the only member of the cast and crew of The Lord of the Rings films to have met J.R.R. Tolkien. In fact, being friends, Tolkien had requested, should the books be adapted into film, he be casted as Gandalf. By the time the films were started, Lee was determined to be too old, thus the role was given to Ian McKellen. Edited September 20, 2013 by DecoNoir 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted September 20, 2013 #137 Share Posted September 20, 2013 The Michael Meyers mask used in the movie Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white. Now we're all frantically searching to compare the two masks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted September 20, 2013 Author #138 Share Posted September 20, 2013 The name 'Wendy' was made up for the book 'Peter Pan' by J.M.Barrie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted September 20, 2013 #139 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Walt Disney was Colorblind . . . ( worth not knowing?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted September 21, 2013 #140 Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) When filming the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Sean Connery is only 12 years older than Harrison Ford. Edited September 21, 2013 by susieice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted September 21, 2013 #141 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Humans have 5 million scent cells. Wolves have 200 million scent cells allowing them to smell people or other animals from more than one mile away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted September 21, 2013 #142 Share Posted September 21, 2013 OK, maybe everybody knows this but I'll say it anyway: 21 September is the 1st day of Autumn for us in the Northern Hemisphere and the 1st day of Spring for peeps in the Southern Hemisphere. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted September 21, 2013 #143 Share Posted September 21, 2013 OK, maybe everybody knows this but I'll say it anyway: 21 September is the 1st day of Autumn for us in the Northern Hemisphere and the 1st day of Spring for peeps in the Southern Hemisphere. I know, I know, there's no need to remind me. Oh, the thought of winter coming in - terrible. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted September 21, 2013 #144 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I know, I know, there's no need to remind me. Oh, the thought of winter coming in - terrible. All seasons are beautiful to my eyes, Autumn is gorgeous, with all the fiery colours of the forest and winter is cozy, indoors, talking to the people close to you, watching good movies, reading good books, Christmas and mulled wine.....how can that be terrible? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted September 21, 2013 #145 Share Posted September 21, 2013 1 of 5 people on earth are Chinese....! There are 5 people in my family Dad ,Mum, my brother Sean, Me and baby Hu Yen, I think Sean is Chinese. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technocrat Posted September 21, 2013 #146 Share Posted September 21, 2013 1 of 5 people on earth are Chinese....! There are 5 people in my family Dad ,Mum, my brother Sean, Me and baby Hu Yen, I think Sean is Chinese. Brilliant! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted September 23, 2013 #147 Share Posted September 23, 2013 A water molecule will spend 9 days in the atmosphere, 2 weeks in a river, 10 years in a large lake, and 3,000 to 5,000 years in an ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted September 23, 2013 Author #148 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) The world's oldest living tree was found to be almost 5,000 years old when its rings were counted ...after some plonker of a graduate student cut it down! A water molecule will spend 9 days in the atmosphere, 2 weeks in a river, 10 years in a large lake, and 3,000 to 5,000 years in an ocean. ....and then it's bottled and assigned a 'best before' date! Edited September 23, 2013 by ealdwita 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted September 24, 2013 #149 Share Posted September 24, 2013 The speed of sound in water is nearly 5x faster than the speed of sound in air. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecoNoir Posted September 24, 2013 #150 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Stuart Townsend was originally slated to play the role of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He was let go a day before shooting and Viggo Mortensen brought it four days after shooting began. And I like to chalk that one up to divine intervention! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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