13 Strange Yet Fascinating Facts About Movies (And More)

Filmmaking may be full of unexpected twists and turns. Some may have been planned, while others happened by chance. Many of these make it to the big screen, while others remain unnoticed as forgotten pieces of film history.

According to recent statistics, movies are by far the most popular form of entertainment both among old and young people all over the globe. Each year, the movie business produces millions and millions of dollars. Despite the massive amounts of money that go into them and the attention they draw, these modern spectacles of entertainment often harbor strange yet fascinating secrets. 

The thing is, these fascinating factoids don’t stop with movies. For example, it's commonly assumed that you should arrive for important competitions with a clear head and a well-rested body; however, this appears to be incorrect. At least once, someone did the exact opposite and yet won. More on that, as well as 12 other articles, may be found here:

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Wizards of the Coast went above and beyond to help TSR employees after buying the company. FA ds COAST THE OF They flew them to Seattle on weekends so

Source: Geek And Sundry

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2009's Moon sold off scenery to save money. Once shooting wrapped up, they sold off the monitors and screens to the crew. NOW YOU KNOW

Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City had a population density of 3.25 million people per square mile. It was an old military fort turned into a dystopian s

Source: PopSci

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In 2014, a male guinea pig at an animal park got into the female pen and fathered about 400 babies. Staff weren't sure if he escaped or if a child acc

Source: ITV

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King Hussein of Jordan was an amateur radio enthusiast. He was broadcasting from his own radio station, and he'd talk to other hobbyists like him - -

Source: The Guardian

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The bananas you've been eating all your life are probably all clones. Almost every banana for sale is of the Cavendish variety - and Cavendishes are s

Source: National Geographic

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James Gunn put a throwback to his high school days in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. In what he called the most obscure Easter egg of all time, Ego's Fo

Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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The Nostromo from Alien was kept under tarps in a driveway for about 20 years. Sci-fi fan Bob Burns got it from the studio in 1979, and he just kinda

Source: SyFy

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Jamie Foxx chose his name to get an edge. When Eric Marlon Bishop started doing open mic nights in 1989, male comedians would get called to the stage

Source: Yahoo!

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Akira Kurosawa wasn't happy about Sergio Leone ripping him off. After he saw Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, which was basically a scene-for-scene remak

Source: Flavorwire

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Two drivers won the 1953 Le Mans race after drinking all night. 774R The day before the race, they were disqualified for a minor infraction, SO they d

Source: Motor Sport Magazine

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Laurence Fishburne showed up in John Wick: Chapter 2 just because he said he loved the first movie. He told Keanu Reeves that one time they'd met up,

Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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In 2016, scientists mobilized to find a way for a snail to have sex. Jeremy was a snail with a very rare left-curling shell, and he could only reprodu

Source: NPR