Anakin Skywalker

C-3PO was rebuilt from spare parts by Anakin Skywalker (played by Jake Lloyd), in the Star Wars motion picture, The Phantom Menace. George Lucas based C-3PO and R2-D2 off Tahei and Matashichi, two characters in one of his major inspirations, the 1958 film The Hidden Fortress. C-3PO was portrayed and voiced by the actor Anthony Daniels, who had met George Lucas in 1975.

C-3PO

In the “Star Wars” saga, who built C-3P0?

Magical Staircases at Hogwarts

There are 142 staircases at Hogwarts, some leading somewhere, some nowhere and others with stairs that disappeared – requiring a jump to continue the climb. In the Harry Potter series of books, it’s not until you get to the sixth book that there were any moving staircases and even then, it mentions a staircase that swivels, but there is only one.
It seems the other moving staircases were conjured up for the motion pictures!!

George Bernard Shaw

“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

The Hip Bone’s Connected to the . . . .

The largest bone in the human body is the femur, commonly referred to as the thigh bone.  In case you are wondering, the average human body has 206 bones, but variations from person to person are known. For example, some people may have a different number of ribs than others or fewer vertebrae in their spine.

The thigh bone of a sauropod (pictured above) – one of the largest animals thought to have ever existed – is over six feet long and was discovered at the Angeac-Charente excavation site in southwestern France.  Paleontologists believe that sauropods, one of many herbivorous, long-necked and four-legged dinosaurs, were common in the Jurassic era (not Jurassic Park).

 

 

James Buchanan, Jr.

The only U.S. President that was a bachelor while he was President, was James Buchanan Jr.  He was the 15th President of the United States from 1857 to 1861.

Buchanan was a lawyer, a diplomat, and before becoming President, was a politician, serving as Secretary of State and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress.