Trivia

TRIVIA: Facebook’s ping sound effect is an F Major 7 (F, A, C, E)

06.05.2013

We all know this Facebook alert: That’s in fact an F Major 7 (Fmaj7), which means it is composed of four notes: F, A, C, and E. According to former Facebook sound designer Everett Katigbak, the fact that the perfect ping sound also spelled FACE was a “serendipitous discovery.” =full story=

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What the lines of a red Solo cup actually mean

08.28.2012

Have you ever wondered what the lines of a red solo cup mean? They’re measurements for different types of alcohol. Solo claims this was not intentional. Just a happy accident. Yet as useful as this new information is, Solo is unfortunately redesigning the cup. (via gizmodo)

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Brady Bunch house floor plans

07.10.2012

Remember the episode when Greg pulled the shower curtain across the backyard and shined the UFO stencil on it with a flashlight and blew into a whistle and then Peter and Bobby thought it was a real UFO? Try not to hurt yourself working out those angles here.

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Leap Day

02.29.2012

February 29, known as a leap day in the Gregorian calendar, is a date that occurs in most years that are evenly divisible by 4, such as 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Years that are evenly divisible by 100 do not contain a leap day, with the exception of years that are evenly divisible by [...]

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Happy Days : ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas’ (1974)

12.21.2011

FUN FACTS: This is the only Happy Days episode where Chuck Cunningham interacted with the Fonz. It’s also the last episode Chuck was ever mentioned. (Additional factoids are included in this episode as subtitles.) Part 1 of 3: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Part 2 of 3:

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Stepfather of a former stepmother

12.20.2011

FUN FACT: At age 47, Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman began dating 13 year old model Mandy Smith, with her mother’s consent. Six years later, Bill and Mandy married. Following their divorce a year later, Bill’s 30-year-old son Stephen married Mandy’s mother, 46, making Stephen a stepfather to his former stepmother.

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Marlon Brando screen tests for ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ (1947)

08.15.2011

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video During the 1940s, Warner Brothers bought the rights to Robert Lindner’s book, Rebel Without a Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath, and began turning it into a film. A partial script was written, and a 23-year old Marlon Brando was asked to [...]

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Quint’s speech from Jaws

06.07.2011

“Lifeless eyes… black eyes… like a doll’s eyes…” Via Script Magazine, Steven Spielberg gives his definitive account on the authorship of one of the most famous monologues in the history of cinema: Quint’s USS Indianapolis speech. Steven Spielberg: I owe three people a lot for this speech. You’ve heard all this, but you’ve probably never [...]

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The Godfather and the Mob

05.26.2011

If the mob had its way, The Godfather would have never been produced. It so follows that the film obviously wouldn’t be what it is today if it weren’t for the mob. Here’s the story. Part 1 of 5: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Part 2 of 5: [...]

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