Srange Trivia

jazz lady

~*~ Rara Avis ~*~
PREMO Member
An average person's yearly fast food intake will contain 12 pubic hairs. :twitch:

The Three Stooges were originally called Three Lost Souls.

The average clock's snooze function lasts nine minutes.

On the standard Rorschach test, there are 10 inkblots.

One of every seven people in the United States is Hispanic.

When truckers in the U.S. talk about "green stamps," they're referring to speeding tickets.

The top of the Empire State Building was originally intended as a mooring place for dirigibles. (It was never used for that purpose.)

The success rate of A.A. is estimated to be 5%.

The Roman emperor Commodus was at one time going to change the name of Rome to Colonia Commodiana.

Forty percent of women experience nocturnal orgasms.

There are lyrics to the theme song from Star Trek.

A.A.A., the American Auto Association, has more members than any other organization in the US

Just 0.546% of men in the US are named Scott.

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History houses the world's largest shell collection, with some 15 million specimens.

Ancient Latin and Aramaic are related to every modern language, but not to one another.

Donald Duck's father is named Quackmore Duck.

Orchids release a chemical that intoxicates bees.

Actor Andy Garcia was a Siamese twin.

The Humvee (HMMVW), commonly called the Hummer, is a named derived from "High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle."

A newly formed nerve cell is called a "neuroblast."
 

jazz lady

~*~ Rara Avis ~*~
PREMO Member
vraiblonde said:
What are they?
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/trek1.htm

And what were these lyrics?

[size=-1]Beyond
The rim of the star-light
My love
Is wand'ring in star-flight
I know
He'll find in star-clustered reaches
Love,
Strange love a star woman teaches.
I know
His journey ends never
His star trek
Will go on forever.
But tell him
While he wanders his starry sea
Remember, remember me.

Huh. Who'da thunk it. :ohwell:
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virgovictoria

Tight Pants and Lipstick
PREMO Member
Actor Andy Garcia was a Siamese twin.

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Tonio

Asperger's Poster Child
jazz lady said:
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/trek1.htm


Huh. Who'da thunk it. :ohwell:
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I read about this a few years ago:

Once the Star Trek pilot was sold to NBC, (composer) Alexander Courage was in an enviable position: he would receive royalties every time an episode of Star Trek was run (or re-run), and even more royalties if the show lasted long enough to be sold into syndication after its network run was finished. Courage's windfall lasted only a year, until Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry suddenly laid claim to half the royalties. How? Pressured by Roddenberry, Courage had made a "handshake deal" a couple of years earlier that gave Roddenberry the option of composing lyrics for Courage's Star Trek music (and Courage signed a contract — unknowingly, he later claimed — to that effect). Roddenberry exercised that option, writing lyrics for the main theme and then asserting his right to half the performance royalties as a co-composer. It made no difference that the lyrics were not intended to be used in the show itself and had not been recorded or released. As the lyricist, Roddenberry was entitled to an equal share of the royalties, whether or not the lyrics were ever used.

Courage protested in vain that although the arrangement may have been legal, it was unethical: Roddenberry's lyrics added nothing to the value of the music and were created for no reason other than to usurp half the composer's performance royalties.
 
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