Things Now Known #8

Gemma Arterton once had six fingers on each hand, a condition known as polydactyly. (via IMDb Trivia)
Luciano Pavarotti requested a bicycle as his luxury item when he appeared on Desert Island Discs in 1976.
Stanley Kubrick liked the industrial band Ministry after hearing the song Thieves which included samples from his film Full Metal Jacket. This is the reason why Ministry appeared as the band at the flesh fair in A.I. Artificial Intelligence. (via IMDb Trivia)
Taphonomy is the study of decaying organisms over time and how they become fossilised (if they do). (via The Devil’s Bones)
When Billy Connolly was a guest on Desert Island Discs in 1977 he requested an electrical device to heat shaving foam. That’s certainly a first world problem especially when you see that Billy was sporting a large goatee beard.