Arts and Entertainment Trivia

  • Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn't wear pants
  • Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time
  • Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made out of wood
  • To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies in Britain, and 500,000 in the United States
  • Michael Jackson won the most grammy's ever with a total of eight
  • X-rays of the Mona Lisa show that there are three completely different version of the same subject, all painted by Leonardo, under the final portrait
  • The most extras ever used in a movie was 300,000, for the film Gandhi in 1981
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