Sports : FC Barcelona

• Nickname :L'equip Blaugrana
• Formed :1899
• Stadium :Camp Nou
• Manager :Josep Guardiola
• Owner : The club has over 155,000 members. It does not have a single owner.
• They won the Spanish Super Cup 12 times.
• They won the Champions League 3 times.
• Ranbir Kapoor is a honorary fan of FC Barcelona.

Sports : Chelsea

Chelsea

• Nickname : The Blues
• Founded : 10 March 1905
• Stadium : Stamford Bridge stadium
• Owner : Roman Abramovich
• Chelsea won their first silverware for 27 years when they won the FA Cup in 1997.
• Chelsea have scored more goals from inside the 6-yard box than any other team out of the 20 in the league.
•  The Blues have scored more goals in the last 10 minutes of games than at any other point across the 90 minutes.
• They’ve conceded more goals at that exact same point(last 10 minutes) than in any other period across 90 minutes.

Sports : Manchester United

Manchester United

• Nickname :Red Devils
• Formed :1878
• Stadium :Old TraffordManager : David Moyes
• Biggest Sale :80 mn pounds, Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid, August 2009/10
• Owner :  Malcolm Glazer (American businessman)
• In 1996, Manchester United became the first English club to complete the Championship and FA Cup double twice.
• The longest Ferguson’s side have ever gone without being defeated is 45 games - this came between the years 1998 and 1999.
•  Manchester United is one of the most successful English football clubs, has huge world-wide support, and in 2010 was listed by Deloitte as the 3rd richest football club in the world.

 

Random : 10 things you didn't know about Ferrari

1. The very first car( Ferrari 125 S ) built by Enzo Ferrari was the Auto Avio Costruzioni 815, built in 1940.
2. The black prancing horse in the famous Ferrari logo was originally the symbol of Count Francesco Baracca, a flying ace in the Italian air force.
3. The private racetrack next to the Ferrari factory is called the "Fiorano Circuit."
4. Called the most expensive car crash ever, eight Ferraris were involved in a single accident occurring in Shimonoseki, in Southwestern Japan, on December 6, 2011. 
5. The most expensive Ferrari ever sold was 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
6. In 1985, a brochure for the 1960's Ferrari 250 Le Mans fetched £1,070 at a Christie's auction in Monaco.
7. On September 12, 2012, a new Guinness Book of World Records was set as 964 Ferraris assembled at the Silverstone UK racetrack.  
8. Ford tried to buy Ferrari for $18 million in 1963 but the deal collapsed when the Americans refused to cede Enzo total control over the racing program.
9. The F50 was Ferrari’s half-century celebration, and just 349 were made – at a retail price of $557,000 each.
10. in 2002 Ferrari introduced the Enzo Ferrari, a sports car built using Formula One technology.Only 400 cars were ever made and so far, 14 Enzos have been totaled.

Random : 10 things you didn't know about Rolls-Royce

1. Rolls Royce Ltd was a car and airplane engine manufacturing company founded by Charles Stewart Rolls and Fredrick Henry Royce.
2. They launched Silver Ghost in 1906 and it ran continuously for a record 24,000 kms.
3. The air conditioning in a Rolls-Royce has the cooling power of at least 30 domestic refrigerators.
4. The Rolls-Royce radiator grille is made entirely by hand and eye - no measuring instruments are used.
5. Rolls-Royce Motors was purchased by BMW in 1998 and built a Roll-Royce factory in Greenwood, England.
6. The Rolls-Royce Phantom was introduced in 2003 and is the first incarnation of the new generation of Rolls-Royce cars under BMW. 
7. Customers can choose from 44,000 colours for the Phantom.
8. It takes over 800 man-hours to make the body of a Phantom VI.
9. Rolls-Royce cars never, ever break down. However, very occasionally, they do 'fail to proceed'.
10. The hood ornament is called 'Spirit of ecstasy' and was introduced in 1911.

 

Random : 5 things you didn't know about Ford Mustang

1. The Mustang was premiered on April. 17, 1964 at New York's World Fair.
2. 22,000 units were sold on the first day.
3. The "1964-1/2" model had a price tag of $2,368 for the base V-6 model, and sold 126,538 units.
4. The Mustang was named after the P-51 fighter plane used in World War II.
5. The Mustang has almost always boasted a running pony icon on its grille.
   

   
   

   
   
   
   

Entertainment : 10 things you didn't know about Imagine Dragons

1. "Demons" has sold more than 1 million copies in the United States.
2. They were named the "Brightest Stars of 2012"by Billboard.
3.  Their song "Radioactive" has sold more than five million singles in the United States. 
4. “Imagine Dragons” is an anagram.
5.  Wayne played the cello for nine years.
6. Ben is an excellent knitter and can make hats.
7. Wayne is an insomniac. He writes lots of music while everyone else sleeps.
   
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   Wayne is an insomniac. He writes lots of music while everyone else sleeps.
   
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    Wayne is an insomniac and writes most of the songs while others are sleeping.
8. To date, the debut album has produced three tracks charting in the Billboard Hot 100, four tracks charting in the UK Top 40, and three tracks in the ARIA Top 50.
9. Three of the Dragons went to the Berklee College of Music together.
   
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    Three of the Dragons went to Berklee Music School together.
10. The band finished recording its debut album Night Visions in the summer of 2012.

Entertainment : 10 things you didn't know about Linkin Park

1. The band got their name from California's Lincoln Park named after president Lincoln.
2. Fort Minor is Mike Shinoda's side project.
3. Linkin Park is signed onto Warner Brothers Records.
4. Warner Brothers rejected the band 3 times before they finally signed them. 
   
5. Linkin Park played a Live 8 concert.
6. Linkin Park Underground is a fan club for Linkin Park.
7. Linkin Park was formed in Los Angeles.
8. Their biggest hit so far is 'In the End'.
9. Mike designed the album cover of Hybrid Theory.
10. Delson wears headphones when he plays to protect his hearing.

Entertainment : Micheal Jackson

Micheal Jackson 
DOB : August 29, 1958
DOD : June 25, 2009 (aged 50)
Popular Albums :

• Thriller
• Bad
• Dangerous
• Of the Wall

Intriguing Facts :

• He had sold more than 300 million records worldwide.
• Jackson had recorded a voice over for The Simpsons.
• He had two llamas called Louis and Lola.
• Jackson gave his first public performance at the age of 5 singing Climb Every Mountain.
• The video of 'Thriller' was the most expensive video to be shot at that time at half a million dollars.
•  He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice.
• He won 13 Grammy Award.
• Jackson's first autobiography, Moon Walk, took four years to complete.The book reached the top of The New York Times best sellers’ list. 

Random : 10 things you need to know about Android

1. Android is a brain child of Andy Rubin,the founder of Android Inc.
2. Google bought the company in the year 2005 and hired Andy Rubin to head the Android.
3. Android is an open-source operating system which basically means that the user can change the code and make another version for himself.
4. Android is built using various programming languages such as C, Java and C++. C makes the core and Java takes care of the UI..
5. All the versions of Android are named after desserts. (Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice cream sandwich, Kitkat).
6. Google gives Android free of cost to cellphone manufacturers.
7. There are around 7,75,000 android apps on the Google play store and this number is growing by the day.
8.  The first ever mobile handset to run Android was the HTC Dream. The first Nexus(devices produced by Google) phone was also manufactured by HTC.
9. Android is moving beyond mobiles and tablets to camera and wearable technology(Google Glass)
10. Kitkat is the first version to take a proper brand name, obviously named after the chocolate bar following a partnership with the wafer biscuit's maker.
    
    

Corporate : 10 things you didn't know about Google

1.  The name ‘Google’ was an accident. A spelling mistake made by the original founders who thought they were going for ‘Googol’
2. The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface.
3. The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used.
4. Google encourages its employees to spend at least 20% of their time developing an independent idea.
5. Google's unofficial slogan is "Don't Be Evil".
6. 97% of Google's revenue comes from advertisements. 
7. Google Earth reached 1 billion downloads in 2011.
8. Google pays Mozilla Firefox millions of dollar every year.
9. In April 2004, Google announced to open a research facility on the moon, called Googlunaplex.
10. Google has the largest network of translators in the world.

Corporate : 10 things you didn't know about Microsoft

1. The first Operation System Microsoft coded was Xenix, which was a version of UNIX under a different name.
2. Bill Gates wrote a class scheduling program for his school. He tweaked the program’s code so that he was placed in classes with mostly female students.
3. Microsoft has around 35 cafeterias serving around 37,000 people each day.
4. Microsoft Research hosted more than 800 interns at its worldwide labs in 2011.  
5. Microsoft holds over 10,00 patents.
6. The first Windows virus was called Winver 1.4.
7. By April 2012, Microsoft had sold 67 million units of Xbox 360.
8. Microsoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was its largest to date. - See more at: http://www.baselinemag.com/enterprise-apps/15-fast-facts-about-microsoft#sthash.CYVbyisb.dpuf
    Microsoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was it's largest till date.
9. Bill Gates became a billionaire at 31. He is now worth $76 billion.
10. Microsoft has a reputation of asking weird questions during interviews like "Why is a man-hole covered?".
    
    Microsoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was its largest to date. - See more at: http://www.baselinemag.com/enterprise-apps/15-fast-facts-about-microsoft#sthash.CYVbyisb.dpuf
    Microsoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was its largest to date. - See more at: http://www.baselinemag.com/enterprise-apps/15-fast-facts-about-microsoft#sthash.CYVbyisb.dpuf
    

    Microsoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was its largest to date. - See more at: http://www.baselinemag.com/enterprise-apps/15-fast-facts-about-microsoft#sthash.CYVbyisb.dpuf

Corporate : 10 things you didn't know about Apple Inc.

1. Steve Jobs didn't write a single line of code in his entire life.
2. Apple has the patent for 'slide to unlock' option.
3. Apple Inc. grossed $65 billion in revenue in 2011, while Microsoft earned $62 billion.
4. Apple was established on April Fools Day.
5. Apple has more than 35,000 employees worldwide.
6.  Apple's first slogan was “Byte into an Apple.” 
7. Apple cannot market iPhones in Brazil because another company owns the trademark.
8.  Steve Jobs used to pay himself an annual salary of $1.
9. Apples are Steve Jobs’ favorite food.
10. Gonzo, Jedi, Malibu, Peter Pan, Rosebud, and Yikes! have all been codenames for Macs.

Corporate : Royal Enfield

• The Royal Enfield Bullet, in its present form, was first introduced in Britain in 1949 as a 350cc bike.
• The 500cc model was introduced in Britain during the 1950's.
• In 1954 the Indian government placed an order for 800 Bullets for "immediate service" on the Pakistani border.
• The Bullet proved very successful in India, and the government placed orders for 1955 and 1956 of a similar magnitude. 
• This caused the home factory to make the decision to set up a factory in India. 
• In 1955 an Indian partner was found and trainees were sent to Redditch to learn the production methods.
• At first, knock down units were shipped to Madras where they were assembled.
• By 1956 a full factory had been established in India and the Enfield India, Ltd. began producing the Enfield Bullet in its entirety.
• The demand for this great old motorcycle has never stopped. Every year they have produced over 30,000 motorcycles, all a 1955 Bullet.

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about The Big Bang Theory

1. “Soft Kitty” is a adapted version of “Warm Kitty,” a children’s song by Edith Newlin. 
2. Jim Parsons(Sheldon) learned to play the theremin for the character.
3. There is only one set of stairs leading up to Penny, Leonard, and Sheldon’s apartments.
4. Kaley Cuoco(Penny) and Johnny Galecki(lenard) dated for two years while they were costars.
5. Jim Parsons is responsible for Sheldon's laugh and smile.

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Suits

1. The suits Gabriel Macht (Harvey) wears on the show are Tom Ford.
2. Photographs hung in Rachel's office are the real life work of Patrick J. Adams(Mike).
3. Sarah Rafferty and Gabriel Macht are bff's in real life.
4. Webisodes will be launched from the next season.
5. A courtroom was built for the show. They used actual courtrooms to shoot before.

Entertainment : Sylvester Stallone

Sylvester Stallone

DOB : 6 July 1946(aged 67)
Popular movies 

• Rocky series
• Rambo series
• Expendables
• Escape Plan

Intriguing facts :

• Stallone used to lift automobile parts in a junkyard for bodybuilding.
• He was expelled from 14 schools for fighting and lighting fires.
• Stallone wrote the script for Rocky in 3 days 20 hours and that too when he was down with fever.
• He also submitted the script of Rocky to his college so that he could complete his degree.
• He plans to launch his own clothing line under the name Sly Inc.
• Rocky won the Oscar for Best Picture 1976 (beating Taxi Driver) and received 9 other Oscar nominations.
• Stallone launched a magazine in 2005 named 'SLY'. It was a fitness magazine and shut down after 4 issues. 
• He turned down the role of John McClane in Die Hard.

Entertainment : The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street

• Belfort was earning $50 million a year, once reportedly making $12 million in three minutes.
• Margot Robbie has said she accidentally slapped DiCaprio harder than she was supposed to in one scene.
• Jonah Hill actually put a goldfish in his mouth in one scene.
• Dicaprio was trained by Jordan Belfort for the role.
• The real Jordan Belfort appears in a cameo in the movie towards the end where he introduces DiCaprio.
• Belfort had to serve 22 months in prison and had to repay the $110 million he made by cheating people. He has reportedly only paid $11.6 million of the total amount.
• Leonardo DiCaprio won a Best Actor Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Belfort at the height of his Wall Street career.
  
  

Entertainment : 5 things you didn't know about Two and a half men

1. Charlie Sheen was the highest paid actor on television, and he made $1.78 million per episode when he was a part of the show.
2. Although Charlie's character plays piano on the show, Charlie Sheen is not the one playing. He pretends to play, and then later Grant Geissman plays the jingles, which are dubbed.
3. In January 2010, they filmed an episode without the usual live audience. Jon Cryer suspected that his ex-wife had hired a hit man to kill him because of their custody battle over their two-year-old son.
4. Ashton Kutcher makes $700,000 per episode.
5. Charlie Sheen was fired from the show following a spat with the creator Chuck Lorre.

Entertainment : Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

DOB : May 2, 1972 (aged 41)
Official Name :  Dwayne Douglas Johnson
Popular Movies :

• Gridiron Gang
• Fast and Furious Series
• Scorpion King
• Pain and Gain
• Faster
• GI Joe: Retaliation

Intriguing Facts :

• He was the highest grossing actor of 2013.
• He performed quite well playing college football at the University of Miami until he had a back injury that made him lose his place in the NFL. 
• His dad and father-in-law were wrestlers. He’s got 3 uncles and 6 cousins that are also wrestlers.
•  In 2000 Harpers Entertainment published The Rock’s first book “ The Rock says”.It became #1 on New York Times’ Bestseller List and stayed there for a few weeks. 
• He was paid $5.5 million for his role in The Scorpion King - that’s a world record for an actor in his first starring role.
•  He started his career translating epic Swedish poetry from the middle ages.
•  He played his own father, Rocky Johnson, on That 70’s Show.

Entertainment : Benedict Cumberbatch a.k.a Sherlock Holmes

Benedict Cumberbatch

DOB : July 19, 1976 (aged 37 years)
Official Name : Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
Popular Works :

• Sherlock
• Star Trek 
• The Hobbit
• War Horse

Intriguing facts :

• He signed up to Star Trek Into Darkness before he'd even been told who he'd be playing.
• He was kidnapped during the shoot of To The Ends Of The Earth.
• He is a fan of extreme sports.
• He gave the audition for Star Trek on his iPhone in his friend's kitchen.
• Benedict has a condition called heterochromia, which means that his eyes are different colours.  
• Before attending the University of Manchester, he took a gap year and taught English in a Tibetan monastery.
• In January 2013, Tatler magazine ranked Cumberbatch as the fifth 'Most Fascinating Person in Britain'. 

Entertainment : Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

DOB : June 4, 1975 (aged 38 years)
Popular Movies :

• Salt
• Original Sin
• Wanted
• Gone in 60 Seconds
• Mr & Mrs.Smith

Intriguing facts :

•  She founded the charitable organisation "Jolie-Pitt Foundation".
• She is left-handed, hence special guns had to be made in Tomb Raider so it was easier for her to reload.
• She aspired to be a funeral director. 
• First Pictures Of Her Twins ‘Knox & Vivienne’ Sold For $14 Million.
• She deals with her own public image and does not have a PR Representative.
• 80% of the stunts in Tomb Raider were done by Angelina herself.
• After two years of enrolment, Angelina Jolie dropped out of her acting class from Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute to pursue her desire of becoming an undertaker or a funeral director.

Entertainment : Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence 

DOB : August 15, 1990 (aged 23 years)
Popular Movies :

• X Men : First Class
• American Hustle
• Hunger Games
• Silver Linings Playbook 

Intriguing facts :

• She aspired to become a doctor.
• She had auditioned for the role of Bella Swan in Twilight.
• She had a pony named "Muffin".
• Lawrence graduated from high school two years early in order pursue her acting career. She graduated with a 3.9 GPA.
• Lawrence appeared in the 2009 music video "The Mess I Made," by the indie band Parachute.  
• She won an Oscar (Best Actress) at the age of 22 for her role in Silver Linings Playbook.
• She has never taken an acting class of any kind, but has performed in local theater from an early age.

Entertainment : Salman Khan

Salman Khan

DOB : December 27, 1965 (aged 48 years)
Popular Movies :

• Wanted
• Jai Ho
• Tiger
• Bodyguard
• Hum Aapke Hain Kaun

 Intriguing Facts :

• He does not attend award functions and he once returned an award  that was given to him.
• His favorite actor is Sylvester Stallone and favorite actress, Hema Malini.
• He trained Hrithik during the initial days of the latter's career.
• The actor loves to drive and is fond of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Land Cruisers.
• He was arrested and jailed for poaching endangered wild animals after allegedly shooting a rare black antelope near Jodhpur in 1998.
• He has a charitable organisation - Being Human.
• His father Salim Khan has written scripts for Zanjeer, Sholay, Don etc.
• He is also an excellent painter.

Entertainment : Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan

Official Name : Aamir Hussain Khan
DOB : March 14, 1965 (aged 48)
Popular Movies :

• Dhoom 3
• 3 Idiots
• Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
•  Dil Chahta Hai

Intriguing Facts :

• He was the state tennis champion for Maharashtra.
• He was invited to have a wax imitation of himself in Madam Tussads museum. He politely declined the offer.
• He belongs to the family of Indian freedom fighter Abul Kalam Azad.
• He took special permission from Amitabh Bachchan to use Abhishek’s example in Taare Zameen Par.
• He started his career as a child actor in 1973.
• He does not attend award functions.
• Aamir Khan was offered the title role in Swades.
• Aamir Khan gave Imran Khan(Aamir's nephew) his first break and Nasir Hussain (Aamir's uncle) gave Aamir his first break in movies.

Entertainment : Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan
DOB : 
Popular Movies : 

• Sholay
• Kabie Khushi Kabie Gham
• Paa
• Mard
• Agneepath
• Amar Akbar Anthony

Intriguing Facts :

• He was the first Asian actor to have a statue in Madame Tussad's museum.
• He didn't get a job at a All India Radio because they felt his voice wasn't suitable for the mass media industry.
• If not an actor, he would have been a taxi driver in Mumbai.
• “Saat Hindustani” is his only black-and-white film.
• He was the first choice for the title role in "Mr.India".
• He has played more double roles than any other actor.
• He is the only actor to star in a remake of his own film as hero as well as villain (Sholay was remade as Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag).
•  In 2003, he was conferred with the honorary citizenship of the French town of Deauville.

Entertainment : Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan 
DOB : November 2,1965(aged 48 years)
Popular Movies :

• DDLJ
• My Name is Khan
• Chennai Express
• Baazigar

 Intriguing Facts :

• He was one of the first actors to start advertising for brands. 
• His first salary was Rs 50 which he earned by working as an usher at a Pankaj udhas concert in Delhi. He used the money to take the train to Agra and see the Taj Mahal.
• Shahrukh has a statue in London’s Madame Tussaud’s Museum.
• There is a museum in Kolkata dedicated to him. It was established in January 2002.
• He briefly ran a restaurant in Old Delhi's Daryaganj area before becoming an actor.
• His favorite line is "Let's Do it".
• He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2005.
• The only possessions he inherited from his father were 3 books.
• He is a member of the board of directors of Make-A-Wish Foundation in India.
• He is often praised for his philanthropic ventures and is also considered to be a shrewd businessman.

Entertainment : 10 things you didn't know about Comedy Nights With Kapil

1. Kapil is a talented singer and is all set to release his first music album.
2. His first film ( which will release this year) is Anees Bazmee's It's My Life.
3. He participated in comedy shows Ustaadon ke Ustad.
4. He was also the host of the comedy show "The Great Indian Laughter Challenge".
5. K9 productions is the production company responsible for the show and it is owned by Kapil Sharma.
6. In a tragic turn of events, the entire set caught fire and everything was destroyed.
7. 2 dogs were rescued during the fire and they now have shelters close to the new set. 
8. Sunil Grover, the actor playing 'Gutthi' in the show left the due to creative diffrences.
9. Lata Mangeshkar is also a fan of the show and was surprised that Kapil could sing so well after delivering so many dialogues.
10. Aamir Khan is one of the A-list actors who hasn't made an appearance on the show.

Entertainment : 10 things you didn't know about Top Gear

1. The location of it's test track is Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, a former Canadian, W.W.II air base.
2. The test track was originally designed for Top Gear by Lotus Cars.
3.  Jeremy Clarkson is an author and journalist, and started his career writing for a local newspaper.
4. Along with co - presenter James May, Jeremy is hailed as the first man to ever drive a car to the North Pole, when he made Polar Challenge for Top Gear in 2007.  
5. Richard Hammond joined Top Gear as one of it's original presenters of it's re - launch in 2002. 
6. Richard Hammond is probably best remembered for his near fatal accident in York on the 20th of September in 2006, whilst filming a race in a Vampire Dragster for Top Gear. He crashed the dragster whilst travelling at 288 miles an hour and received serious head injuries, of which he has made a spectacular and full recovery.  
7. Of the three Top Gear presenters James May is the one most seen on T.V, as he has made several science series, as well series on wine, toys and music. 
8. James originally began his Top Gear career in 1999 until it's axe in 2001, joining the present line - up in 2003.
9. The Stig’s primary functions on the show are to post lap times in various cars around the Top Gear Test Track.
10. Clarkson has written that The Stig is not permitted to talk on screen because “any opinion he might voice on cars would be rubbish”, though he has been caught speaking on camera.  

Entertainment : 10 things you didn't know about Sherlock

1. Speedy’s Cafe, the sandwich emporium frequented by Holmes and Watson in the series, is a real café on Gower Street, near Euston – the BBC’s stand-in for 221b Baker Street.
2. Benedict Cumberbatch was the only actor who auditioned for the title role.
3. The pilot and A Study in Pink were filmed one year apart (in 2009 and 2010, respectively).
4. The dog in Hounds of Baskerville was named Whiskey after Mark Gatiss’(Mycroft) own childhood dog.
5. In Japan, there is a comic book based on the series.
6. After series one of Sherlock aired, Steven Spielberg contacted Benedict Cumberbatch’s agent to offer an audition for his film War Horse. 
7. Martin Freeman has a lot of input into John’s wardrobe, including occasionally buying items for John himself. 
8. According to Sue Vertue, several well-known actors have made inquiries about guesting on the series.
9. Benedict Cumberbatch hates Sherlock’s long hair .
10. Benedict Cumberbatch’s preparations for looking the part of Sherlock include intense Bikram yoga sessions, swimming, and no smoking or drinking during filming.

Random : 10 things you didn't know about Facebook

1. Facebook is blue in color because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green color blind.
2. Iceland rewrote it's constitution using Facebook.
3. 1 in every 13 people on earth is on Facebook.
4. India has 25 million Facebook users.
5. If Facebook was a country, it would be the third most populated country in the world.
6. Facebook pays $500 to anyone who finds an original bug in the Facebook software and system.
7. David Choe who painted Facebook's Palo Alto office has shares in facebook worth $200million.
8. There are 30 million facebook accounts belonging to dead people.
9. In 2006, Chris Putnam hacked Facebook and changed thousands of profiles to MySpace style, he was immediately hired by Zuckerberg.
10. There is no definition for the 'poke' function on facebook.

Entertainment : 10 things you didn't know about Batman

1. Arkham Asylum(2009) has entered the Guinness book of World Records for the most critically acclaimed superhero video game of all time.
2. Robin's character was killed by the fans in DC comics in 1988. There was a hotline setup where the readers could vote whether to put down the character and 5,342 readers voted to put Robin down.
3. Bruce Wayne's character has a photographic memory.
4. Bruce Wayne is seen driving a Lamborghini Murcielago in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. The meaning of Murcielago is "bat".
5. There have been 7 Nightwings, 5 Robins, 5 Batgirls, 5 Batmen, 3 Huntresses, 2 Batwomen but only 1 Oracle.
6. Robin was supposed to appear only in one issue.
7. In the Comic books, The Batcave is accessible by turning the hands of a grandfather clock to 10.47 which is the time Thomas and Martha Wayne died.
8. Before the Batcave was introduced in 1948, Batman used a hidden aircraft hangar to store the Batplane.
9. Batman knows over 125 different styles of martial arts.
10. The first team up between Batman and Superman was in a 1945 radio show, not the comic books.

Entertainment : 10 things you didn't know about Iron Man

1. Tom Cruise was considered for the role of Iron Man.
2. J.A.R.V.I.S stands for "Just a Rather Very Intelligent System."
3. Tony Stark can lift 100 tons when he is in the Iron Man suit.
4.  Lockheed Martin is one the many companies which is trying to make the Iron Man suit a reality.
5. Robert Downey Jr is one of the oldest superheros.
6. Tony Stark's character is based on Howard Hughes
7. 'Iron Man 3' is the first in the trilogy to gross over $1 billion ($1.2 billion to be precise)
8. The post-credit scene in Iron Man 3 comprising of Tony Stark telling the film's story to Bruce Banner was Downey Jr.'s idea.  
9. On the back of his neck, the Mandarin sports a tattoo of Captain America's shield with an anarchist 'A' symbol replacing the iconic star. 
10.  The first assembly cut of Iron Man 3 was a whopping 3 hours and 15 minutes long. However, the final, theatrical cut trimmed down to 1 hour and 59 minutes.

Entertainment : 10 things you didn't know about Dark Knight Triology

1. Christopher Nolan dislikes the character of Robin.
2. The Dark Knight triggered over 200 complaints to the British Board of Film Classifcation due to the pencil magic trick in the movie.
3. Joshua Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Billy Crudup, Eion Bailey, David Boreanaz and Cillian Murphy were considered for the role of Bruce Wayne.
4. One of Heath Ledger's inspirations for The Joker's mannerisms was snarling Sex Pistols bassist and punk icon, Sid Vicious
5. Chris Nolan's crew can't broadcast that they're shooting a Batman film on location, otherwise the set would be swamped by press. Hence the movies were shot under fake names.
6. Batman Begins was shot under the name 'The Intimidation Game'
7. The Dark Knight was shot under the name 'Rory's First Kiss'
8. The Dark Knight Rises was shot under the name 'Magnus Rex'
9. Anne Hathaway's stunt double slammed her bike into the IMAX camera during the shoot.
10. Bruce Wayne is the 8th richest character in fiction, with an estimated net fortune of around $6.9 billion.

Entertainment : Will Smith

Will Smith
Official Name : Willard Christopher Smith Jr
DOB : September 25, 1968 (aged 45years)
Popular Movies :

• The Pursuit Of Happyness
• Men In Black series
• Hancock
• I Am Legend
• Bad Boys
• Hitch

Intriguing Facts :

• “Aw, hell no!” is his popular line
• He won the Grammy Award for the popular song “Summertime”
• He is the first rapper to receive an Academy Award nomination
• He was 6 feet 2 inches by the age of 13
• He got an offer to attend MIT but, declined it to pursue his dream as a rapper.

 

Entertainment : Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise
DOB : July 3, 1962
Popular Movies :

• Mission Impossible series
• Knight and Day
• Oblivion
• Jerry Maguire 
• Top Gun
• Rain Man

Intriguing Facts :

• He has had three high profile marriages and divorces to famous actresses in Hollywood. They were with actresses Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes.
• He aspired to be a priest at the age of 14 but, dropped out after a year of coaching.
• He suffers from dyslexia.
• He is a supporter of Scientology.
• He was granted the title of the Most Popular Actor by Guinness Book of World Records in September 2007. 
• He was the visual basis for Aladdin
• October 10th is Tom Cruise day in Japan

Entertainment : Robert Downey Jr

Robert Downey Jr
DOB : April 4, 1965 (aged 48)
Popular Movies :

• The Avengers
• Iron Man
• Sherlock Holmes
• Due Date
• Tropic Thunder
• Chaplin

Intriguing Facts :

• He started using drugs at the age of 6
• He began practicing Wing Chun, a form of kung fu which helped him overcome his addictions
• Bought the house originally built for Charlie Chaplin in 1988
• He is not allowed in Japan due to his legal woes
• Had an epiphany in 2003, after which he threw all his drugs into the ocean
• Released a solo album for Sony in 2004 - "The Futurist"