Fact Of The Day

[ER]

With every exhalation, microscopic quantities of red blood cells pass from our lungs into the air, meaning we are constantly breathing-in other people's blood.

[RCMerchant]

With every exhalation, microscopic quantities of red blood cells pass from our lungs into the air, meaning we are constantly breathing-in other people's blood.

Groovy!

[chainsaw midget]

The name of the Harlem Globetrotters (originally the "New York Harlem Globe Trotters") was choosen because Harlem was deemed to be the center of black culture at the time and that an out of state team name would give the group more mystique.  At the time they played in Iowa and Illinois. 

The team wouldn't play a game in Harlem until 1968, forty years after the team originally formed. 

[BoyScoutKevin]

Upcoming fillms from Paramount in 2020.

01/10 Like a Boss
02/14 Sonic the Hedgehog
03/16 Monster Problem
03/20 A Quiet Place Part II
04/03 The Lovebirds
05/22 The Spongebob Movie : Sponge on the Run
06/26 Top Gun : Maverick
07/31 Rumble
08/07 Infinite
09/08 Without Remorse

10/16 Snake Eyes
a G.I. Joe Film

11/13 Clifford the Big Red Dog

12/18 Coming 2 America
a sequel to the 1988

6 out of 13 are sequels, remakes, or prequels or 46%.

6. Toy Story 4 (Disney)

5. Captain Marvel
And of the top 10 films, the one that is not a sequel, remake, or prequel, but, of course, with its success at the boxoffice, it has spawned at least one sequel.

Next time: Upcoming films from the Walt Disney Company

[chainsaw midget]

The full title of Robinson Crusoe is actually ...

The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates.

... bit of a mouthful isn't it?

[claws]

Google Street View had a hard time getting started in Germany because of strict and complicated privacy laws. After several battles in court Google Street View was allowed to do their thing but with restrictions: 244 237 applications for pixelation had to be done first. After filming 20 of Germany's largest cities Google Street View decided just to leave it at that. The majority of the footage was filmed in 2008 making the Google Street View Germany experience extremely dated since a lot has changed in 12 years.

However, it was reported in October 2019 that Google Street View was in talks with Germany's data protection authorities regarding the current legal situation of the old pixelation, and possibly updating and expanding Germany's street view.

[Alex]

The average person will walk past 36 murderers during their lifetime.

[ER]

The average person will walk past 36 murderers during their lifetime.

Does that include cats?

[BoyScoutKevin]

Upcoming films from Disney in 2020.

03/06 Onward

03/27 Mulan
live action remake of the animated film

05/01 Black Widow
believed to be a prequel to the earlier films

05/25 Artemis Fowl
the one I am looking forward to seeing as I am so fond of the book series. As it covers only the 1st two books in the series, if it is successful, then we should get 3 more films. Eoin Colfer continues the series with a series of books featuring Artemis' younger twin brothers Myles and Beckett.

06/19 Soul

07/24 Jungle Cruise
like Pirates of the Caribbean, a film based upon the theme park attraction.

08/14 The One and Only Ivan

11/16 The Eternals
based on the Marvel Superheroes.

11/25 Raya and the Last Dragon

Despite having only 9 films so far for 2020, this is the strongest slate of films yet. Of course, it also excludes any of 20th Century films to be released in 2020.

4. Spider-man : Far from Home (Sony)
3. Frozen 2 (Disney)

Next time: upcoming films from Columbia in 2020.

[ER]

Peanuts are not nuts, they're beans.

[claws]

The speed of gas emitted out one's butt when farting travels at 7 mph

[BoyScoutKevin]

Upcoming films from Sony, he likes to think of 'em as Sony/Columbia, for 2020.

01/03 The Grudge
01/17 Bad Boys for Life

02/14 Fantasy Island
semi-remake of the '70's/'80's TV show

03/13 Bloodshot

04/03 Peter Rabbit 2 : the Runaway
he is somewhat surprised to see a sequel, as the original is regarded by some as underperforming at the box officce.

04/10 Charm City Kings
05/08 Greyhound

07/10 Ghostbusters : Afterlife
again an almost all-female cast, but a different female cast than the previous one.

07/31 Morbius
08/14 Escape Room 2
09/16 The Mitchells vs. the Machines
10/02 Venom 2

TBA The Craft
remake of the 1996 film

TBA The Wish Dragon

7 sequels, remakes, prequels of 14 or 50%

Top 10 Grossing Films of 2019
02. The Lion King (Disney)
01. Avengers : Endgame (Disney)
and the highest grossing film at the boxoffice of all time.

He does not know where to place this, except, he did know he did not want to start a new thread, so he placed it here.

Peter (Spider-man) Parker has the rumor that in his next film, he'll come out as being bisexual. And he is not the only one coming out as being bisexual. Valkyrie, from the Thor films, will also come out as being bisexual, in her next film, and The Eternals will get the 1st gay couple, or, so it is said, in the history of the MCU.

Next time: Melts in your mouth. Not in your hand.

[Alex]

Cheerful, upbeat 80's pop tune 'The future is so bright I gotta wear shades' is about nuclear annihilation.

[Gabriel Knight]

New Line Cinema was saved from bankruptcy by the success of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, and was jokingly nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built".

[ER]

The ancient Greeks had eight words for love:


Patrios: The love one feels for nation or community.

Philia: The love one has for friends.

Storge: The love one has for family.

Eros: Sexual love.

Ludus: Romantic love.

Philautia: The love one feels for oneself.

Pragma: The love one has for one's very best friend.

Agape: Selfless, highest love, regarded as the rarest and most beautiful of all forms of love. According to Chesterton this word fell out of use for nearly a thousand years until revived in Christian times to describe the motivation for Jesus' self-sacrifice.