The longest Oscar acceptance speech was made by Greer Garson for 1942`s `Mrs. Miniver`, It took 5 minutes, 30 seconds. |
Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney collected 35 Oscars. |
There is only one Q in a Scrabble game. |
The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the `The Pieta,` completed in 1500. |
The Beatles held the Top Five spots on the April 4th, 1964 Billboard singles chart. To date, they're the only band that has ever accomplished that. |
Elvis Presley made only one television commercial - an ad for "Southern Maid Doughnuts" that ran in 1954. |
Guitar was the first instrument on which Christmas carol "Silent Night" was played. |
Levi's 501 jeans got its number from its original stock number in the first Levi's store. |
Harvard University's original name was Cambridge. It only changed when John Harvard donated 400 books to it. |
Oscar was designed by MGM's chief art director, Cedric Gibbons. |