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| Images | backwards bicycle world record | Christian Dithmarschen was once challenged by the renowned showman Kurt Felix to attempt a new world record by playing J. S. Bach on his violin while cycling a distance of several km -- pedaling backwards. With his music stand in the seat post, Dithmarschen covered a distance of 60.45 km. Among the surprises? Dithmarschen was astonished by the quality of the sound produced inside motorway tunnels along the route. | root | 721 | |
| Trivia | James Cameron did the drawings for Titanic | In the classic portrait scene in Titanic (1997), it is director James Cameron's hands that are seen sketching Kate Winslet... | Anonymous | 97 | |
| Anecdotes | Charles Brrrrronson: Pure Talent | Charles Bronson won his first screen role in Henry Hathaway`s 1951 film You`re in The Navy Now. | Anonymous | 58 | |
| Anecdotes | Luciano Pavarotti: curtain calls | [Pavarotti`s] biggest break had come, in 1972, when he hit nine high Cs in Donizetti`s “La Fille du Régiment”; he was... | root | 56 | |
| Anecdotes | Screenwriting Guru | After delivering a lecture one day in 2003, the famously forthright screenwriting guru Robert McKee invited two... | Anonymous | 55 | |
| Anecdotes | Legendary Paganini | The virtuoso violinist Niccolo Paganini often played using fewer than four strings. "One evening a rich gentleman begged... | Anonymous | 52 | |
| Anecdotes | Passion Play | On the mandatory divinity section of an oral examination at Oxford University, Oscar Wilde was asked to translate a... | Anonymous | 43 | |
| Images | Nice kegstand! | ... | root | 42 | |
| Images | basketball lover! | ... | root | 38 | |
| Anecdotes | Bill Murray: Caddyshack Monologue | "Bill was a tremendous source of strength and protection," Caddyshack director Harold Ramis once recalled. "If a... | Anonymous | 35 |
