Most extras assembled for a single scene: 300,000, for the two-minute funeral scene in Gandhi.

Most insects used in a film: 22 million bees in The Swarm.

Most kisses in a movie: 127, by Lionel Barrymore in Don Juan (1926). The recipients were Mary Astor and Estelle Taylor. This was also the first feature film with a musical soundtrack (but no dialogue).

The words "racecar" and "kayak" are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."