Where for many, August is a great month of sunshine and parties, in Argentina, it is considered bad luck. Weddings, travel, and other important events are usually organized for September.

It may sound extragalactic in the movies, but the origins of the sound effects are quite mundane: Darth Vader’s heavy breathing was created with a scuba tank. The humming of a light saber is actually a mixture of the noises from an old tube TV and a film projector, whereas the pew-pew-pew of a blaster was achieved by banging on a steel cable.

One more reason not to diet? When we don’t have enough food our brain cells start to eat each other in order to gain energy… This means that we can ward off starvation but it will have an impact on our cognitive abilities.