Disney softened the story of Pinocchio, originally that of an ungrateful and “wretched boy,” hanged for his mistakes
Chaplin’s The Great Dictator might be the most popular, but it was The Three Stooges who first openly mocked Hitler on film
Louis Cartier created the wristwatch so that aviator Santos-Dumont could check his performance while flying over Paris
The sandwich was named after an 18th century earl who didn’t want to take a break from gambling to eat
Sir Anthony Hopkins won the Oscar for role of psychopath Hannibal Lecter with only 16 minutes of screen time and an unblinking stare