Do you Know the facts?

· A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
· Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
· The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
· A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
· A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. I know some people like that!
· A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
· A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 by 3-1/2.
· During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance.
· On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! That explains it!
· Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
· Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
· The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
· There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
· The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan." There was never a recorded Wendy before.
· The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
· If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
· Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves.
· The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
· The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
· The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
· The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
· Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
· By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
· Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
· Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
· Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
· Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
· An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
· The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
· The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
· Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. Not to mention the other drawback.
· Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Oscars vs Cannes

Cannes vs Oscars
More and more filmmakers are flocking to Cannes film festival in France.Its all about filmmaking and interaction between the actors, filmmakers and technicians.Yes, it has its acclaimed Red carpet but its not popular with the movie people.

In comparison Oscar’s is a staged show which honours mainly American Cinema and that also in a not very transparent way!The jury is biased and influenced by the financial mafia which runs these shows.It came as no surprise that Oscars are not so popular anymore.Any way it’s a one day show and genuine filmmakers and artists are not interested in it anymore.Every word spoken is controlled and we speak of artistic freedom! Not a surprise that statue of Liberty was designed and developed in France!It’s a joke.

Cannes is a beautiful city on the Atlantic coast where once a year all film lovers gather to discuss and promote good filmmaking.Its about the World cinema and not merely French or European Cinema.The jury is a mixture of film people from different parts of the globe and dubbing of films in other languages is excellent! Filmmakers , promoters, budding artists, technicians have a chance of meeting their counterparts from different cultures and backgrounds and discuss shortcomings and advances in production and artistic freedom.Offcourse Hollywood and Bollywood both are represented their too!Another good example is Sundance film festival promoted by Robert Redford in America. Berlin film festival is more a subdued affair and technically superior to any other film festival. In Berlin too the emphasis is on filmaking and quality and unlike in Oskars!Indian film festivals sucks because everybody is son and daughter/brother there.Few genuine actors like Nana Patekar , Amir Khan and Om puri,Nasruddin shah refuse to be a part of these bogus ceremonies.
No wonder that Michael moore’s film was banned in Oscars whereas it won critical acclaim in Cannes!