The Academy Awards ceremonies have been delayed or postponed three times: because of a flood in 1938, for the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 and after the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
Just after picking up his Oscar for his 1982 animated short film "Tango," producer Zbigniew Rybczynski got into a scuffle with a security guard and had a brief stint behind bars.
Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four.
It was during the Victorian era that the formerly nude Cupid was redesigned as wearing a skirt.
The first Valentine's Day card was sent by the imprisoned Duke of Orlean to his wife in 1415.
Ernest Vincent Wright's novel Gadsby has 50,110 words, none of which contains the letter 'e.'
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
A "funambulist" is a tight-rope walker.
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. In the Renaissance era, it was fashion to shave them off!
