The useless bits of info to see if we can make a million posts thread

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In the mid 70's, Australians were the 3rd biggest beer drinker in the world. (behind Germany and Belgium). In the late 90's, we didnt even get into the top ten

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In the film, 'Titanic', when Jack walks through the french doors for dinner with Rose and her family, a camera man's reflection can be seen on the glass.

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During one scene in 'The Sound of Music', an orange box can be clearly seen stamped with the words 'Produce of Israel'. The film was set in 1938, ten years before Israel was founded.

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Some of the chariot racers in 'Ben Hur' were seen to be wearing wristwatches.

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In the 1985 movie, 'Falling in Love', a reflection of the camera can be seen in a mirror.

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Esteemed actor Richard Harris was seen wearing an elastoplast on his neck when playing King Arthur in the film 'Camelot'.

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Edward G Robinson's character in 'The Last Gangster' gets sent to Alcatraz in 1927. This was probably not as bad a sentence as you might imagine since the prison wasn't opened there until 1934.

In one scene from this movie a young boy who is nothing to do with the film is scene moving across the set. Later, when this was discovered, no-one knew who he was and rumours started to spread about a possible haunting.

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Television ariels can clearly be seen on the roofs of Victorian London in the comedy, 'The Wrong Box'.

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A red London bus can be seen in the background of one of the battle scenes from the Arthurian legend film, 'Excalibur'.

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Lon Chaney's great skill as a silent film actor came about as a result of his upbringing. Both of his parents were deaf-mutes, so he learned to communicate by expressive pantomime.

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Hollywood director Steven Spielberg played a cameo role as the clerk who receives Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi's money at the end of the Blues Brothers

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Max Von Sydow plays Jesus Christ in 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' and Satan in 'Needful Things', the only actor to play both parts.

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Ed Koch, the Mayor of New York in 1984, played himself in the film, The Muppets Take Manhattan.

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Stephen King, no stranger to taking walk on roles in the films of his own novels, played the minister at a funeral in the 1989 adaptation of his book, Pet Cemetery.

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Actress Sissy Spacek got so into the part of Carrie that she slept with fake pig's blood all over her to ensure continuity.