Useless Knowledge - Part 1

Did you know:

• Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, who passed away last week, was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid "...show me... sand da floor"
• Lisa Bonet (a.k.a. Denise Huxtable) co-wrote the song "Rosemary" on Lenny Kravitz first album Let Love Rule
• Beastie Boy Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) was once married to actress Ione Skye, who's most remembered as the recipient of John Cusack's boombox blaring "In Your Eyes" in the Cameron Crowe classic ...Say Anything
• If you subtract Hank Aaron's 755 career home runs from his career hit total, he would still have over 3,000 hits
• Of the 15 albums The Beatles released in the U.S. during their career (1964-1970), 11 of them hit #1 on the charts for a combined 118 weeks. (the other 4 all hit #2)
• ABC's Monday Night Football, which will move to cable next year, is the second longest running primetime network program - behind CBS's 60 Minutes
• Nicolas Cage, who has an uncle named Francis, had a bit role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High under the name Nicolas Coppolla.
• Eagle Eye Cherry has a sister named Neneh, who had a hit in the late 80's with "Buffalo Stance" "...so don't you get fresh with me..."
• The 11 U.S. cities who are home to teams in each of the four major sports are: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Miami, Denver, Phoenix, and Washington D.C.
• Comedian Bob Newhart's 3 network sitcoms were called Bob, Newhart and The Bob Newhart Show
• The Simpsons is a spin-off (actually was a sketch portion) of the FOX variety series The Tracey Ullman Show back in that network's first year of broadcast television.

You are now dumber for having read that

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