4. "La Bamba" Los Lobos:
"La Bamba" was originally a Mexican wedding song.
10. "Kung Fu Fighting" Carl Douglas:
"Kung Fu Fighting" was original released on Carl Douglas' album Kung Fu Fighting...And Other Love Songs.
17. "Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne:
"Girlfriend" was recorded in eight different languages by Avril Lavigne, including Japanese and Mandarin.
20 To 1: Rebels And Risk Takers
The List:
20. Evel Knievel
19. Russell Crowe
18. Germaine Greer
17. John Daly
16. Pauline Hanson
15. Sex Pistols
14. Peter Hore
13. Erin Brokovich
12. John McEnroe
11. Gallaghers
10. Salman Rushdie
9. Larry Flynt
8. Eddie The Eagle
7. Patty Hearst
6. Madonna
5. Michael Moore
4. Greenpeace
3. Richard Branson
2. Ned Kelly
1. Muhammad Ali
43. As mentioned on the show, "Who you gonna call" was never actually said in Ghostbusters. However it was actually said at the start of Ghostbusters 2.
4. Cosmetic Surgery - Though we relate cosmetic surgery as only being a recent practice, it was actually first performed 2,800 years ago in India in the form of nose jobs.
5. Space Invaders - The first real arcade game, that became so popular in Japanese arcades that it actually created a national coin shortage!
6. Diets - The industry is now worth $500 million in Australia alone.
7. Pole Dancing - From the 1990's, pole dancing, which had been associated with stripper's clubs, emerged as a popular exercise craze, and is now huge all over the world, especially in L.A.
9. Domino Tumbling - In 1974 the record for the number of dominoes to fall in a continuous phase was 11,000 dominoes. By 1986 that number had risen to over one million dominoes, and it took forty-five minutes for all of them to fall. There is an annual televised contest that takes place in Japan. The current record stands at 4,002,136 dominoes. This feat was in turn watched by over 75,000,000 people.
11. Tupperware (Party) - At their height in the 1950's, it is said that a Tupperware Party would commence every two to three seconds.
16. Dwarf Tossing - As the name suggest the object of the 'sport' was to be able to throw a dwarf the furthest distance. It was the height of Goldcoast Clubs in the 1980's, and there was even a World Championship of Dwarf Tossing, in which both Australia and Great Britain competed. This 'sport' was later banned.
3. The Castle - The movie was filmed in only eleven days.
5. Mad Max - It was dubbed over for the US release as the Americans were deemed as being unable to comprehend the 'Australian' language.
7. The Man From Snowy River - The film had an unprecidented cinema run, screening in cinemas for over twelve months.
8. My Brilliant Career - The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.
12. Shine - It was this movie that saw lead actor Geoffrey Rush being recognised by Hollywood.
17. Chopper - Real-life mass murderer Mark "Chopper" Read has stated if he and Chopper lead actor Eric Bana were in a look-a-like competition, he would lose it.
18. Babe - Forty-eight different pigs were used to portray the character of Babe.
19. Wolf Creek - Director Quentin Tarantino has labelled this film as the scariest movie he has ever seen.
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