olivia hussey , who played juliet in the 1968 version of "romeo and juliet" was too young (17 years old) to attend the london premiere because of a nude scene that appeared in the film .
the nude scene ? her own breasts.
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Billy Burke, the actress who played Glinda in "The Wizard of Oz" was 54 years old at the time the film was shot. She was 18 years older than her co-star Margaret Hamilton, who played The Wicked Witch of the West.
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The only words in the english dictionary you cannot rhyme are.. orange. purple. silver. month.
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The news of an original copy of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales made it to the Guinness Book of World Records in 1998. The original copies of Canterbury Tales were printed in 1477 by William Caxton, the first printer to introduce the printing press in England. Only one of these first copies is still in private hands and was sold in an auction on July 8, 1998, for £4,621,500, making it the most expensive book ever sold.
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Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
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The oleander is the official flower of the city of Hiroshima as it was the first flower to bloom again after the explosion of the atomic bomb in 1945
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Women blink more than men is a myth.
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Organic yoghurt has more dna than humans.
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"Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.
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If an albatross flaps its wings more than 3 times in succession it passes out from exhaustion.
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