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From Bizarrenews:

• Cap­tain Jean-Luc Picard’s fish was named Livingston.
• Choco­late syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 sec­ond shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie, Psy­cho, which actu­ally took 7 days to shoot.
• Don­ald Duck’s mid­dle name is Fauntleroy.
• George Har­ri­son, with “My Sweet Lord,” was the first Bea­tle to have a Num­ber 1 hit sin­gle fol­low­ing the group’s breakup.
• In 1920, 57% of Hol­ly­wood movies billed the female star above the lead­ing man. In 1990, only 18% had the lead­ing lady given top billing.
• In 1969, Mid­night Cow­boy became the first and only X-rated pro­duc­tion to win the Acad­emy Award for Best Pic­ture. (Its rat­ing has since been changed to R.)
• In Disney’s Fan­ta­sia, the Sorcerer’s name is Yen­sid, which is Dis­ney spelled backward.
• Jimi Hen­drix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Mor­ri­son were all 27 years old when they died.
• Mickey Mouse is known as ‘Topolino’ in Italy.
• Movie detec­tive Dirty Harry’s badge num­ber is 2211.

… and the his­tory of Tech­ni­color!