Crazy Little-Known Facts about "The Godfather" Franchise

The Punch

This scene was huge. They had to hire over 700 extras for this scene and it took four days to film. Somehow, nobody noticed that James Caan's punch was a complete miss and looked absolutely awful. What were they thinking? 

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The More You Know

  • In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead — he suffered a heart attack mid-race but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20–1 outsider victory.
  • The voices of Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.
  • Roughly 600 Parisians work at the Eiffel Tower each day.
  • Alexander the Great encouraged his men to shave so enemies couldn't grab their beards during battles.
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