Thursday, August 21, 2014

Trivia Bits 21 August

 

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Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American buddy cop action film directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson (pictured) and Danny Glover as a mismatched pair of L.A.P.D. detectives and stars Mitchell Ryan and Gary Busey as their primary adversaries.

Andante in C, K. 1a was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first composition being notated by the composer's father, Leopold, as Wolfgang was only five years old when he composed it.

There are nine crew members in a rowing eight which comprises eight rowers who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or cox.

The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

The Colosseum has long been known as a site of Christian martyrdom. It was converted into a shrine as early as the sixth century and still serves as the venue for the Vatican's Good Friday services. However, there is no evidence that Christian persecutions ever took place in the Colosseum.

The dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785 with the first coin minted in the United States was a silver dollar issued on October 15, 1794.

In physics, the letter c is used to denote the speed of light.

The Emperor Caracalla--a tyrant remembered for slaying his brother and building the extravagant Baths of Caracalla--was murdered by his own guards while he was relieving himself. That may be where the phrase "caught with your pants down" comes from.

Dunston Pillar, a land lighthouse south of Lincoln, England, was built by Sir Francis Dashwood in the 1751, to aid navigation across the treacherous eastern heathlands.

To enhance their performances, a "prescored" soundtrack of violent noises and voices was played during the filming of the 1963 film The Haunting to give the actors something to which to react.

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