Christmas Movie Fun Facts Better than Any Gift Under the Tree

Major Flop

It’s a Wonderful Life is a classic today, but when the movie first premiered, it was a total flop. It lost $525,000 in the opening weekend, leaving it’s director (Frank Capra) in a bit of a tough spot. He could barely afford to produce his next movie, State of the Union. 

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The More You Know

  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
  • The first breakfast cereal had to be soaked overnight before it could be eaten.
  • Pizza only became popular in the United States after American troops occupying Italy during World War 2 became hooked on it and then popularized it back home.
  • St. Lucia is the only country that is named after a woman.
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