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Mind-Blowing Movie Facts

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Did you know... The 2011 version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" was filmed in Sweden during a record-breaking winter that was one of the country's coldest seasons in more than 20 years. via  thenewsaboutthenews.blogspot.com   Merida, the leading star of Pixar's 2012 animated film "Brave", officially became the franchises most difficult character to create because of her red hair. For his role as a middle-aged man in "Cast Away", Tom Hanks didn't exercise which allowed himself to become pudgy. You can find more movie facts HERE

Fun Facts About the U.S. Constitution

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The Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America and lays out the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States. 1. The original constitution was written on four sheets of vellum parchment, and is on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. 2. The actual United State’s Constitution was adopted on September 17th, 1787 in Philadelphia at the National Convention. The father of the Constitution was a man named James Madison. 3. Established on November 26, 1789, the first national “Thanksgiving Day” was originally created by George Washington as a way of “giving thanks” for the Constitution. 4. The only grammatical error in the work of the penman is the incorrect use of an apostrophe in the progressive pronoun "its." The letters t and s are connected and the apostrophe is somewhat inconspicuous, leaving r

Facts About Elvis Presley

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. Elvis bought his mansion Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1957 for $100,000 (£36,000). At age 10, Elvis placed fifth singing "Old Shep" at a children's talent show, thereby surpassing Michael Jordan, who got cut from one of his first basketball teams. He was drafted into the US army on December 19, 1957, earning $78 a month and unable to get access to his monthly music income of $400,000. Elvis had a pet chimpanzee called Scatter which liked to look up women’s skirts. His favourite aftershave to impress the ladies was Brut. In 1954, Elvis auditioned for a gospel quartet named the Songfellows.  They said no. Elvis recorded more than 600 songs, but did not write any of them.     The first Grammy Award Elvis is for the 1967 Gospel release, “How Great Thou Art.” The Cleveland Browns was Elvis’ favorite football team. Elvis' famous black hair was dyed - his natural color was brown. He was distantly related to former U.S. Presidents Abraham Lin