Crazy Little-Known Facts about "The Godfather" Franchise

The Only Line that Mattered

Mario Puzo wanted his novel to be perfectly represented, but he also let Coppola do whatever he wanted... But, he wanted one line to be repeated verbatim. That line is: "A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns." Brando didn't like it, and he refused to say it. Dang!

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The More You Know

  • Warren Buffett has only sent one email in his life. It was sent to Jeff Raikes of Microsoft, and Buffett said it became his first and last email when it ended up in court.
  • The 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was "Go for Broke" and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
  • A cow-bison hybrid is called a "beefalo."
  • There's only one country in the world that doesn't use the metric system.
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