Today's facts: Screenwriting Achievement; Compilation Film; Gallipoli Campaign; Royal lineage; Linguistic diversity; Sci-fi series; Inner-judgment; Pioneering Achievement; Jump Racing; Record-breaking
Daily Facts (12 Dec 2025)
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Today's facts:
- Mario Puzo won 2 Oscars for his work on the screenplay of The Godfather and its sequel, The Godfather Part II.
- The first Monty Python movie was "And Now for Something Completely Different" (1971), which was a collection of upgraded comedy sketches from their TV series.
- Winston Churchill is credited with committing British, French, and untested Australian and New Zealand forces to the ill-fated campaign to seize control of the Dardanelles Straits during World War I.
- Samantha Cameron is a descendant of King Charles II.
- There are over 300 dialects and languages spoken in Pakistan, each distinctly different from the other.
- Sapphire and Steel ran from 1979 to 1982 and featured Joanna Lumley and David McCallum in a series that included a total of 6 stories spread over 34 episodes.
- Jesus taught that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister is subject to judgment, equating inner feelings of anger with the act of murder.
- Ray Charles' single "What'd I Say" became his first Top Ten pop hit and first Gold Record Award, significantly influencing the emergence of the soul sub-genre in R&B.
- Chepstow Racecourse is primarily known for its jump racing, with the Welsh Grand National being the highlight of the winter season.
- Andy Gibb became the first male solo artist to have three consecutive number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 within a year, from July 30, 1977, to July 29, 1978.
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