The costume designers for The Lord of the Rings worked for two straight years making custom armour. Just one Orc suit had 13,000 rings and took 3 days to make.
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The serial number on Darth Vader’s suit of armour was E-3778Q-1.
The world’s deepest postbox is in Japan. It can be found in Susami Bay which is located in Wakayama, Japan. The post is 10 meters underwater and most people require a diving suit just to get to it.
David Bowie once stated he was being stalked by a man in a pink rabbit suit. Bowie noticed a particular fan during his concerts who would always attend the events in a large pink rabbit suit. During one instance, he was alarmed to find the same rabbit onboard the plane he was on.
The Apollo missions have left 96 bags of poop, pee, and vomit on the moon. Back in 1969, mankind made history by walking on the moon for the first time. That wasn’t the only first that happened on that momentous trip – it was also the first time literal trash was dumped on the moon. Subsequent voyages to the moon followed suit, leaving behind all their unwanted trash, but it turns out that’s all for a good reason – the returning spacecraft don’t have enough fuel to carry all that weight back!
Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi was not a man in a suit; he was a giant puppet.
Doggy defence. King Henry VIII of England had a suit of armour made for his dog.
Repetitive plotting. There were more than 600 plots to kill Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Castro was targeted by a range of foes, including political opponents, criminals and the USA. Tactics included an exploding cigar and a poisoned diving suit.
Daylight saving time wasn’t officially implemented until 1916. Germany became the first country to adopt it to conserve coal during World War I. The United States didn’t follow suit until 1918.