Special Interest Trivia!

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Thought this might be kind of fun...Share a random fact from one of your special interests! I'll go first.

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is comprised of two suspension spans, a cantilever span, five truss spans, a truss causeway, and a double-deck tunnel through an island.

Carl Czerny, one of the greatest pedagogues of the classical-romantic era, aquaintance of Mozart & Beethoven, wrote 6 symphonies which, to this very day, only 4 have been recorded.

California is the last state in the US to adopt exit numbers on its highways. The state began implementing exit numbers in 2002, but due to budget constraints, they're only adding exit numbers to signage when performing maintenance or replacing signs.

Nearly all adult cats become lactose intolerant as they age because their body stops producing lactase which digests lactose, as they no longer need to consume it.

As of 2010, there are approximately 99 North Koreans living in the US.

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My nephew Coke needs to eat! Obviously we're related.

While filming Alice in Wonderland (2010), the cast and crew had to take frequent breaks because most scenes were filmed in a completely green room and it make them nauseous and disoriented.

In the Dragon Age 2 Destiny trailer Hawke is a blood mage using the Staff of Parthalan and supposedly in a romance with Isabela.

Johnny Depp has been in 8 of Tim Burton's movies so far. Altogether these movies have grossed over $2 billion worldwide.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have Ten studio albums as does Ex-Guitarist John Frusciante who made 5 albums with RHCP

The Interstate Highway shield (i.e. the red-and-blue sign that shows the route number) is trademarked.

There are three different styles of parenting: Authoritarian, Authoritative and Permissive.

Authoritarian is a firm, strict, disciplinarian approach. Authoritative uses positive guidance and reinforcement and permissive is letting your children have a lot of the control and are given lots of free choices. Which style were you raised on?

The original design of Portal 2 did not include the use of portals.

In Edward Scissorhands, the scene where Edward is running back to his castle caused Johnny Depp to overheat. Some sources say he ran behind a house and threw up, while others say he passed out.

The first domestic breeding programme for the Syrian (or Golden) hamster was carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1930. Hamsters arrived in the UK a year later.

The sunglasses that Mrs. Lovett wears in Sweeney Todd are not of the time period that the movie takes place in.

I'm switching interests to Little House on the Prairie because I know tons of stuff about that show.

The actor who played Albert has autism.