Sport-inspired Olympic medals for the arts were and are no longer given because the relevant jury considered that the artists would be professionals, while the athletes had to be amateur.- In the original basketball game, there was no hole at the bottom of the basket, so for 21 years the ball had to be retrieved with a long stick.
- Sudan is a country whose penal code includes crucifixion. This form of capital punishment imposed by Islamic law, is variously interpreted as exposure of the body after execution; crucifixion followed by stabbing in the chest, or crucifixion for 3 days, the survivors of which are allowed to live.
- A ‘skosh’ amount is a smidgen, a little bit, from the Japanese ‘sukoshi’, also meaning a little bit.
- Other movies directed by Jason Reitman include ‘Up in the Air’ and ‘Thank You for Smoking’.
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