Christmas Movie Fun Facts Better than Any Gift Under the Tree

Based on True Events

John Hughes got the inspiration to write Planes, Trains, and Automobiles when he had a terrible trip from New York to Chicago. Due to snow delays, his plane got diverted to Denver then Phoenix. Due to this travel time, he managed to write the first 60 pages of the film in only 6 hours.

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The More You Know

  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • Almost all chickens eaten today come from the winner of the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow' Contest whose genetics now dominate poultry farms worldwide.
  • A cow-bison hybrid is called a "beefalo."
  • A typical cloud weighs around 1.1 million pounds.
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