🥷
💡
💡 Fun Facts
💡

Michael J. Fox s first role was in a Canadian series called Leo and Me. Four of the 125 people on the show s set, including Fox, developed early-onset Parkinson s — a disease that usually has an incidence rate of about one in 300.

•1 min read


Fun Fact: Michael J. Fox’s first role was in a Canadian series called Leo and Me. Four of the 125 people on the show’s set, including Fox, developed early-onset Parkinson’s — a disease that usually has an incidence rate of about one in 300.

Source favicon

Source

en.wikipedia.org

Share this fascinating fact! 🥷

Share on XDiscover more facts

💡More Fun Facts

Keep exploring and learning

that the Penan people of Malaysian Borneo have developed a secret forest language called Oroo that utilizes sticks, leaves, vines, and other debris to create symbols and signs to alert travelers to certain dangers. They can also be used to request help and set up activities with fellow kin.

Read →

that a BBC variety program called the Black and White Minstrel Show — featuring white people singing and dancing in blackface — was broadcast until the late 1970s. Watched by 12-16 million Britons every week, it won awards and made it onto screens in many other countries, including Australia.

Read →

In 1975, the double-hulled canoe Hokule a set sail from Maui to Tahiti, marking the first time in nearly 800 years that a group of sailors had used traditional Polynesian navigation techniques to make the journey. Upon their arrival, they were greeted by a massive crowd of 10,000 people on the Tahitian shore.

Read →

Sequoyah single-handedly created the Cherokee writing system, which is one of the few instances in history where someone from an illiterate group developed an official script from the ground up. In a quarter of a century, almost all Cherokee people had learned to read and write, and this achievement sparked the development of numerous indigenous writing systems around the world.

Read →

that the actor Lorne Greene, later known for his roles on Bonanza and Battlestar Galactica , first achieved fame as a Radio Newscaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during the early days of WWII. He became known as The Voice of Doom because of the grim news he often reported.

Read →

that in the 1950’s Dr. Curt Richter conducted a series of tests with rats in which the first set drowned in water after 15min. But the next set were dried off and placed back in the water and remained alive and swimming for up to 60hrs. Showing that idea of “hope” can keep them alive longer.

Read →
Explore All Fun Facts