There Was More to Comedy Legend Don Knotts Than Anyone Ever Knew

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

In 1964, Don Knotts played the titular character in The Incredible Mr. Limpet. The film is about a man who turns into a talking fish and half the U.S. find and destroy Nazi submarines.

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The More You Know

  • Armadillos swallow air to become buoyant when they swim.
  • Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.
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