Adolf Hitler

Today I learned about Hitler that . . . .  .

1. During WWII when Hitler visited Paris, the French cut the lift cables on the Eiffel Tower so that Hitler would have to climb the steps if he wanted to visit the summit. Hitler never went on the Eiffel Tower and it has been said that Hitler conquered France, but never conquered the Eiffel Tower.(Source)

2. Hitler had a relative called "Paddy Hitler" who ended up joining the US Navy, where, along with all recruits, he had to fill out a form listing any relatives who might be fighting for the enemy. (Source)

3.Hitler's doctor injected him with a solution of water and methamphetamine saying that was which he called "vitamultin". He kept a diary of the drugs he administered to Hitler, usually by injection (up to 20 times per day). The list include drugs such as heroin as well as poisons. (Source)

4. Hitler's nephew joined the US Navy in WW2 and fought against Hitler (Source)

5. Hitler had a Jewish-Austrian doctor who didn't charge Hitler's family due to their economic hardship, because of this Hitler showed his "Everlasting Gratitude" by never sentencing him to a concentration camp, had him protected, by the Gestapo, and referred to him as "Noble Jew".(Source)

6. During a tour of Germany in 1958, Groucho Marx climbed a pile of rubble that marked the site of Adolf Hitler's bunker, the site of Hitler's death, and performed a two-minute Charleston. (Source)

7. Hitler was arrested for High Treason in 1924, of which the punishment is usually execution. The judge granted him clemency however, believing Hitler had good intentions. (Source)

8.When Adolf Hitler offered German WWI military hero General von Lettow-Vorbeck an ambassadorship, Vorbeck hold hitler to "go fuck himself." Although repeatedly harassed by the Nazis, he survived their regime due to his popularity. (Source)

9. Hitler had a Jewish doctor who didn't charge Hitlers family due to their economic hardships. Hitler labeled his doctor as a "Noble Jew" and made sure the doctor wasn't harmed during the Holocaust (Source)

10.after Hitler ordered the deportation of Denmarks Jewish population, Danish citizens organized a massive evacuation of the Jews to neutral Sweden, despite the risks. In the end, 99% of Danish Jews survived the Holocaust. (Source)

11. Hitler praised the "Efficiency" of the American Genocide of Native Americans. (Source)

12.  Every single spy that Hitler thought he had in Britain was a double agent under British control. (Source)

13. Hitler's plan for Moscow was to kill all residents and replace it with a lake. (Source)

14. there is only one recording of Hitler's voice where he is not giving a speech - a private conversation between himself and Finnish leader Mannerheim recorded in secrecy by a sound engineer in 1942. (Source)

Robert Zemeckis

Today I learned about Robert Zemeckis that. . . .

1. Robert Zemeckis filmed "What Lies Beneath" while waiting for Tom Hanks to lose weight and grow beard for "Cast Away". (Source)

2. Robert Zemeckis was so frustrated with the cliffhanger ending of The Empire Strikes Back that he purposely put the trailer & release date for Back to the Future 3 at the end of Back to the Future 2 so that the audience would know that the story would be completed in six months. (Source)

3. Director Robert Zemeckis, who has approval over all films in the Back to the Future franchise, says that he will block all attempts to remake or reboot the original film. (Source)

4. Sidney Sheinberg wanted to change the title of Back To The Future to 'Spaceman From Pluto'. Robert Zemeckis, horrified, asked Steven Spielberg for help, so Spielberg wrote Sheinberg a memo convincing him that they thought his title was just a joke, embarrassing him into dropping the name change. (Source)

5. Believing that Romancing the Stone would flop, Studio Execs pre-emtively fired Robert Zemeckis from directing Cocoon. Allowing him to go forward with his own prject, Back to the Future. (Source)

Robert Zemeckis

6. Back to the Future filmed for five weeks with Eric Stoltz playing Marty Mcfly. Director Robert Zemeckis disliked his style of humor so much they threw away the five weeks of filming and $3 million dollars to recast with Michael J. Fox. (Source)

7. Robert Zemeckis, spread a rumor that hoverboards were in fact real, but not marketed because they were deemed too dangerous by parents' groups. These rumors have been conclusively debunked.(Source)

8. Robert Zemeckis, the director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, was originally turned down the role of director because "Disney acknowledged his previous films were box office bombs."(Source)

9. Robert Zemeckis is making a 3D adaptation of The Beatles animated film "Yellow Submarine"(Source)

10. Robert Zemeckis used Alan Ritchson's (Thad from Blue Mountain State) facial image, body physic, & movement for Ray Winstone as Beowulf (Source)

Amadeus Mozart

Today i learned about Amadeus Mozart that . . .

1.There was a song written in the 1630s that was performed only in the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican kept the composition of the piece secret for 150 years until the 14-year-old Mozart listened to the piece two times, transcribed it from memory, and produced the first unauthorized copy of the song.(Source)

2. That Mozart heard a starling at market whistling an unpublished tune he was working on -- he bought the starling to preserve secrecy, recorded the melody it sang in his notebook, and gave it an elaborate funeral when it died three years later.(Source)

3. Maria Anna Mozart, sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was also a talented musician, but once she reached a "marriageable age", her parents would no longer permit her to show her artistic talents.(Source)

4. the Austrian village of "Fucking" is particularly popular with British tourists. A local tour guide said: "The Germans all want to see Mozart's house in Salzburg; the Americans want to see where The Sound of Music was filmed...but for the British, it's all about Fucking."(Source)

5. Adwaita, the turtle, was born before Mozart, before the French Revolution, and his death was announced by CNN. His estimated age was just over 250 years. He died in 2006. (Source)

6. Mozart had a "startling fondness" for poop jokes, which is preserved in his surviving letters.(Source)

7. When Mozart was 8 years old, he was tested by the Royal Society to determine if he was a child or an adult dwarf. They were convinced of his age when, in the middle of playing a piece, he was distracted by a cat running through the room.(Source)

8. Mozart's kids would taunt him by playing incomplete scales on the piano forcing him to rush downstairs and complete them. (Source)

9. Mozart composed a song called "Lick Me in the Ass".(Source)

10. that despite the claims of the play/movie "Amadeus", W.A. Mozart and Antonio Salieri were actually good friends, supportive of each others' work, and there is no evidence that Salieri obstructed Mozart's career other than the fact that Salieri was more established and well known. (Source)

11. After Mozart died, his wife married a Danish diplomat who's head stone reads "here lies the husband of Mozart's widow". (Source)

12. Mozart wrote an intentionally bad piece of music to emulate the style of an incompetent composer. (Source)

Banana

Today I learned about Banana that

1. Wild bananas are full of seeds and the ones we eat have been specially bred over the years to be seedless.(Source)

2. The reason today's artificial banana flavoring for candy tastes so differently than an actual banana is because it is based on the Gros Michel Banana, which was nearly wiped out in the 50's due to a fungus. The bananas we eat today are from the Cavendish family.(Source)

3. Pumpkins, watermelons, avocados, and bananas are all berries while strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries are not. (Source)

4. Separating bananas slows down ripening process.(Source)

5. It's a bad idea to use a banana for scale when taking pictures of a beehive, since the alarm pheromone to alert bees to defend their hive smells like bananas.(Source)

6. Fanta is available in hundreds of flavors, including "Mushroom," "Red Tangerine," "Lychee Soursop," and "Banana Fermented Milk".(Source)

7. Bananas have more trade regulations than AK-47s (Source)

8. Bananas are berries and that the banana tree is not a tree, but the world's largest herb.(Source)

9. Human DNA is 50% the same as bananas. (Source)

10. Tea bags are made of banana fibers. (Source)

Weird Al Yankovic

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TIL about Weird Al Yankovic that  . . .

• Michael Jackson not only enjoyed Weird Al Yankovic's parodies of his songs, but helped to make them- at one point signing a contract for "Eat It" as a "co-writer," and subsequently lending Weird Al the original "Bad" subway set for Yankovic's own music video "Fat". (Source)

• Weird Al Yankovic wrote a song called "Bob" in which every line is a palindrome (the same backwards and forwards). (Source)

• Weird Al Yankovic skipped two grades and was Valedictorian of his senior class. (Source)

• Weird Al Yankovic has a degree in architecture. (Source)

• Weird Al Yankovic turned down a $5 million beer endorsement because he said "a lot of my fans are young and impressionable". (Source)

• Weird Al Yankovic's song "The Saga Begins", which is about the plot of Star Wars Episode I, was mostly composed from internet spoilers before the movies release. (Source)

• Weird Al Yankovic's parents both died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2004. (Source)

• In 1976, then 16-year-old Weird Al Yankovic started his career by handing a homemade tape of original and parody songs performed on the accordion in his bedroom into a "cheesy little tape recorder" to Dr Demento, a radio DJ who was speaking at his school. (Source)

• Weird Al Yankovic found out that both of his parents had just died a few hours before a concert in Minnesoda. Despite this, he continued to play because "my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well". (Source)

• Weird Al Yankovic asked Nirvana for permission to parody "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and their first question was'"Will it be about food?".He explained that "Smells Like Nirvana" would be about how nobody could understand their singing, they agreed that it sounded funny and granted permission. (Source)