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DC Comics gets its name from its founders Paul Dodgson and Emmett Campbell.

While South Africa still exists today, its communist counterpart North Africa has since collapsed into various smaller countries.

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THe mantis shrimp is an alien. you better believe it.

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During our trip to France which is now coming to an end, my brother has repeatedly told us the exploits of Donald E. Pudding, the inventor of pudding. He invented it in 1912 but died on his way to market it in America aboard the Titanic.

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Jumping was invented by John Jay Jumping, when he tried to stand up twice.

Reading R + L ≠ J theories

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There was this guy on Reddit talking about how the “Is mayonnaise an instrument” line is actually a joke about an instrument called a mayonis.

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The end of the javelin opposite to the point is called the ‘nubb’.

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Star Wars is actually based on the novel series by Arthur Dikto and Steve Frapeo. There were several changes made in the adaptations.

For one, Han was made a human instead of a green gilled alien. Leia being a Skywalker was added. In the books, the Death Star wasn’t destroyed until Return of the Jedi, but they didn’t think they were gonna get a sequel so they blew it up right off the bat in the movie version of A New Hope. Ironically, they knew TFA would be successful, yet Starkiller Base is blown up in the first one.

The movie version of The Phantom Menace majorly beefed up Jar Jar’s role, but due to poor reception, this aspect was dropped from further films. Anakin was also significantly younger. Attack of the Clones was pretty long book, so lots of things had to be cut from the film for time. Ki-Adi-Mundi’s backstory was cut and the character was weirdly sidelined overall. There was also a side plot involving Asajj Ventress that didn’t make it in.

Rey’s parents were revealed to be Palpatines in the book version of The Last Jedi. When the film went a completely different route, hardcore fans were none too pleased so they backtracked on it in the film version of Rise of Skywalker. The book version of Rise of Skywalker was also incredibly long compared to the others, leaving more elements on the cutting room floor as well as many scenes feeling rushed.

Having the same authors, the book Saga is a lot more consistent in tone, although that tone is fairly dry, being closest to that of the movie Prequels.

Rogue One and Solo were not based on any books and were simply based on a few basic notes by the authors.

The end of the javelin opposite to the point is called the ‘nubb’.

The correct term is yub nub.

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Death Stranding is a game that stars Sean Bean as the character of Norman Reed traversing a post-apocalyptic landscape.

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A little patience goes a long way on this old-school Rebel base. If you are having issues finding what you are looking for, these will be of some help…

Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com | Introduce yourself in here | Useful info within : About : Help : Site Rules : Fan Project Rules : Announcements
How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com; some info & answers + FAQs - includes info on how to search for projects and threads on the OT•com

A Project Index for Star Wars Preservations (Harmy’s Despecialized & 4K77/80/83 etc) : A Project Index for Star Wars Fan Edits (adywan & Hal 9000 etc)

… and take your time to look around this site before posting - to get a feel for this place. Don’t just lazily make yet another thread asking for projects.

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Super Mario 64 gets its title from the fact the fact that it’s the 64th entry in the series, as all entries were simply numbered in Japan, including the endless array of spinoffs.

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The common saying “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings” is actually taken from an ancient medieval custom. In order to announce the end of a battle, the winning side would hire an obese opera singer to sing the winning country’s national anthem.

My preferred Skywalker Saga experience:
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

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The 1984 Deniece Williams hit “Let’s Hear it for the Boys” was actually a cover of a 1914 British WWI propaganda song used to promote recruitment, which, given the historical context, makes it feel a lot darker.

Reading R + L ≠ J theories

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Mike Zeroh.

A little patience goes a long way on this old-school Rebel base. If you are having issues finding what you are looking for, these will be of some help…

Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com | Introduce yourself in here | Useful info within : About : Help : Site Rules : Fan Project Rules : Announcements
How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com; some info & answers + FAQs - includes info on how to search for projects and threads on the OT•com

A Project Index for Star Wars Preservations (Harmy’s Despecialized & 4K77/80/83 etc) : A Project Index for Star Wars Fan Edits (adywan & Hal 9000 etc)

… and take your time to look around this site before posting - to get a feel for this place. Don’t just lazily make yet another thread asking for projects.

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a coconut is in fact a mammal as it grows hair and produces milk.
 

A little patience goes a long way on this old-school Rebel base. If you are having issues finding what you are looking for, these will be of some help…

Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com | Introduce yourself in here | Useful info within : About : Help : Site Rules : Fan Project Rules : Announcements
How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com; some info & answers + FAQs - includes info on how to search for projects and threads on the OT•com

A Project Index for Star Wars Preservations (Harmy’s Despecialized & 4K77/80/83 etc) : A Project Index for Star Wars Fan Edits (adywan & Hal 9000 etc)

… and take your time to look around this site before posting - to get a feel for this place. Don’t just lazily make yet another thread asking for projects.

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Salt is just angry sugar.

I’m not really that much of a movie purist. I really should’ve thought my name out a bit more.

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The Backyardigans were named after the Cardigans in reference to the show’s musical aspect.

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The word “gullible” has now been removed from all dictionaries.

“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas

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Darth Vader is named after someone named Gary Vader, a resident of Modesto, California, who bullied George Lucas in high school. Also, this fact is only partially untrue, surprisingly.

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There was actually a Jurassic Park IV set to release in 2006, but it was cancelled as a tax write-off Zaslav style partway through shooting. Due to NDAs and a lack of official announcement, this information was only discovered in a Universal email leak in 2014.