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The writers of The Simpsons have never revealed what state Springfield is in.
A cinema manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs.
Scooby Doo's first real name is Scoobert.
Breath, by Samuel Beckett, was first performed in April, 1970. The play lasts thirty seconds, has no actors, and no dialogue. And no customers I would expect.
Pnigophobia is the fear of choking on fish bones.
Achluophobia is the fear of sitting in the dark.
Phobophobia is a fear of fearing. Ah, a recursive loop!
Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.
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Although Springfield's location is never revealed, there are many jokes and references to its location. In one episode it's mentioned as being in North Kentucky (an American friend of mine told me that the accent is completely wrong for this to be true - but that can't be the gag, surely?).
Giraffes have seven bones in their neck, just like humans.
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Regarding the world's longest poo: an artist called Michelle Hines mocks up world records. Her World Record Number Four is her doing a 24ft poo along a bowling alley lane.

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I'm not quite sure which is sadder......the fact that she did it or that she had someone take photos ! :shock:
Or we looked at em even ....... Yuk
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I didn't look. :shock: They were forced upon me :shock:
Composer John Cage's most famous work, called "4'33", is 4 minutes 33 seconds of complete silence.
The Welsh end of the Severn Bridge (the proper bridge, not the new tunnel on stilts) is actually in England. The River Wye forms the border.
Sweetness of food is measured in Brix.
The only clean-shaven member of the band ZZ Top is called Frank Beard.
The idea beh ind 4'33" is that it's 273 seconds - and absolute zero is -273 degrees C..
Stranger is the fact that Mike Batt put two minutes of silence on a CD, claiming it as a tribute to John Cage - and was sued by his estate!
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The idea beh ind 4'33" is that it's 273 seconds - and absolute zero is -273 degrees C..

Thanks for that - I never made the connection with absolute zero. Obvious really when you think about it. I believe the reasoning behind the silence was to direct the audience to the other ambient sounds surrounding them.
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The idea beh ind 4'33" is that it's 273 seconds - and absolute zero is -273 degrees C..

I've sat in a room full of people in silence listening to a recording of nothing. Quite odd when you think about it.
H.x
I recorded a modern composition performance in Reading and the writer wanted the immediate environment to be part of the whole experience. We purposely chose a venue that was a small performing arts centre that happened to be slap bang in the middle of a ring road. About half way through piece of music there was almost a two minutes silence and vehicles etc could be heard from outside.
It's amazing what you can hear when you really listen!