Robin Williams: Unknown Facts About the Comedy Legend

Intensity & Personality

“What attracted me to Robin Williams and his fellow mime, Todd Oppenheimer, was an unusual amount of intensity, personality, and physical fluidity,” Sorine said. Williams made another appearance as a mime in Shakes the Clown (1991).

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The More You Know

  • Almost all chickens eaten today come from the winner of the 1948 'Chicken of Tomorrow' Contest whose genetics now dominate poultry farms worldwide.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties have been registered as blood donors.
  • Singapore plans to build floating burbs.
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