The longest acceptance speech in the history of the Oscars was by Greer Garson in 1942. She received an Oscar for Best Actress for the movie Mrs. Miniver, and her speech was five minutes and 30 seconds long.

Figlet, an ASCII font converter program, stands for Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters.

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.

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