Few fictional character are as iconic and important to culture as Sherlock Holmes and the Great Detective is near-instantly recognisable from a distance due to his distinctive and rather fetching deerstalker cap. Or at least that’s what pop-culture would have you believe because Holmes never wore such a hat in any of the original stories he appeared in.
Darth Vader Doesn’t Give a F**k
Here on Factfiend we occasionally like to discuss character from fiction or sometimes real people from history who possess neither the ability or desire to give the faintest whiff of a shit. Today is the turn of Darth Vader.
Frank Sinatra the clean freak
Frank Sinatra is best known for two things; singing a bunch of shitty jazz songs in 1950’s and his love of immaculately pressed suits. In regards to the latter, Sinatra’s obsession with cleanliness was such that his friends made fun of him for it.
Samuel L. Jackson Didn’t Want Mace Windu to Die Like a Punk
Samuel. L Jackson is a national treasure, a badass and Nick Fury in that order. However, Jackson is also famous for playing, in his own words “the baddest Jedi in the galaxy next to Yoda” and as such, the actor was insistent that the character not die like a punk.
That time Mattel accidentally made Ken gay
For decades Mattel has struggled to sell Ken dolls to little girls who’ve repeatedly had to explain to baffled Mattel executives that they simply don’t think he looks cool. When Mattel tried to address this in the 90’s they inadvertently made him look super gay. Much to amusement of the gay community.
