Danhuangmao
Danhuangmao t1_jabc5nx wrote
Reply to comment by UltG in TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
Ahhh. I knew his role there but didn’t connect the two. Total brainfart!
Thanks for clarifying.
Danhuangmao t1_jab447j wrote
Reply to TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
Surprised that the comments have mentioned all the usual suspects (Big Trouble, Seinfeld, Kung Fu Panda, Blade Runner) except Mulan!
Danhuangmao t1_jab3zdr wrote
Reply to comment by Rabblerowsers in TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
But still gotta make it past hundreds of other applicants to be awarded one of only a few dozen spots
Danhuangmao t1_jab3q6f wrote
Reply to comment by merzulgummidge in TIL Last year 93yo actor James Hong became the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has over 600 acting credits spanning 70 years. by n3xus-7
>He betrayed his son the secret ingredient was 'nothing' took years of therapy to overcome that
Huh?
Danhuangmao t1_j6mj1r3 wrote
Reply to comment by rugbat in TIL That the character who first said the phrase "fortune favours the bold" - Turnus, in the Aeneid, spends the rest of the story suffering military defeats before he's killed and heads to the underworld, miserable, at the end of the last book. by Equal_Caregiver_4909
Not sure about that. He was basing the work closely on The Odyssey and The Illiad, neither of which tells massive multi-generational tales (in fact, The Illiad doesn’t even cover the whole Trojan war - just the 9th year of it, of 10).
Danhuangmao t1_j6ga0sa wrote
Reply to TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Am in my mid-30s, British, have heard this phrase a lot.
Danhuangmao t1_j6g9xyw wrote
Reply to comment by Hexidian in TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Nah, it come up every now and again like "cloud 9" or "timbuktu" or whatnot. Just an idiomatic expression.
Danhuangmao t1_jd3eqpz wrote
Reply to TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
Now when the local Native American tribes kick out the white oppressors and reclaim rule of Montana for themselves, I suppose they'll claim this sale wasn't valid and demand the dinosaur back from the Dutch museum.
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