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BAKER KNOWLEDGE (Reposted By SimoTheFinlandized / Paul P. - 2022 CE)

BAKER KNOWLEDGE (Reposted By SimoTheFinlandized / Paul P. - 2022 CE) | image tagged in simothefinlandized,baking,infographics,tutorial | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

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22 Facts About The Incredible Life And Career Of Sir Christopher Lee (By SimoTheFinlandized / Paul Palazzolo - 2022 CE)

22 Facts About The Incredible Life And Career Of Sir Christopher Lee (By SimoTheFinlandized / Paul Palazzolo - 2022 CE) | 22 Facts About The Incredible
Life And Career Of Sir Christopher
Lee (By SimoTheFinlandized /
Paul Palazzolo - 2022 CE)
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If Sir Christopher Lee had just
been a movie star, he would still
have been an icon. But the late
actor, who passed away recently,
had an amazing life even beyond
his incredible body of work.
Whether you’re still lamenting
his passing or unsure why his
death is such a loss, here’s 22
reasons why Christopher Lee
will always be a legend.
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1) He was entered into the
Guinness Book of World Record
in 2007 for most screen credits,
having appeared in 244 film and
TV movies by that point in his career
— and then made 14 more movies,
with a 15th due later this year (titled
Angels in Notting Hill). He also holds
the record for the tallest leading actor
— he stood 6’ 5” — but also for
starring in the “most films with a
sword fight” with 17.
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2) His mother was an Italian
contessa, and through her Lee
descended from Emperor
Charlemagne of the Holy Roman
Empire and was related to
Confederate general Robert
E. Lee.
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3) He met Prince Yusupov and
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich,
the assassins of the Russian
monk Rasputin. He didn’t do this
as research for his later film role
bas Rasputin (in the 1966
Hammer film Rasputin the Mad
Monk), but just as a child in the
1920s.
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4) At age 17, he saw the death
of the murderer Eugen Weidmann
in Paris, the last person in France
to be publicly executed by guillotine.
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5) During World War II, Lee joined
the Royal Air Force but wasn’t
allowed to fly because of a
problem with his optic nerve.
So he became an intelligence
officer for the Long Range Desert
Patrol, a forerunner of the SAS,
Britain’s special forces. He fough
the Nazis in North Africa, often
having up to five missions a day.
During this time he helped retake
Sicily, prevented a mutiny among
his troops, contracted malaria six
times in a single year and climbed
Mount Vesuvius three days before
it erupted.
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6) At some point during the war
he moved from the LRDP to
Winston Churchill’s even more
elite Special Operations Executive,
whose missions are literally still
classified, but involved
“conducting espionage, sabotage
and reconnaissance in occupied
Europe against the Axis powers.”
The SOE was more informally
called — and I can’t believe this
somehow hasn’t been made into
a movie yet — The Ministry of
Ungentlemanly Warfare.
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7) Lee never said anything
specific about his time in the SOE,
but he did say this: “I’ve seen many
men die right in front of me - so
many in fact that I’ve become
almost hardened to it. Having seen
the worst that human beings can
do to each other, the results of
torture, mutilation and seeing
someone blown to pieces by a
bomb, you develop a kind of shell.
But you had to. You had to.
Otherwise we would never have
won.” By the end of the war he’d
received commendations for
bravery from the British, Polish,
Czech and Yugoslavia governments.
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8) Speaking both French and
Italian, Lee spent his time after
World War II hunting Nazis with
the Central Registry of War
Criminals and Security Suspects
until he decided to give acting a
try at age 25. Yes, all of this
happened before Lee was 25
years old.
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9) While filming a swordfight
with a drunken Errol Flynn during
the filming of The Dark Avengers in
1955, Flynn accidentally cut Lee’s
hand so badly his finger nearly came
off, and permanently injured. Later,
Lee cut off Flynn’s wig while Flynn
was still wearing it. Flynn stormed
off set and refused to come out of
his trailer until Lee claimed it was
an accident.
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10) While best known for his
portrayal of Dracula in countless
films, he’s also starred as the
Mummy and Frankenstein’s
monster. Of course he’s known
as Saruman in Lord of the Rings
and Count Dooku in the Star Wars
prequels, but his other villainous
roles include Fu Manchu, Rasputin,
Rochefort of The Three Musketeers
(his portrayal was so popular the
character now inevitably appears
with an eye patch, although it
wasn’t in the book — Lee introduced
it), Lord Summerisle of The Wicker
Man, the James Bond villain
Scaramanga, Mephistopheles,
and Death himself.
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11) Lee was not only related to
James Bond creator and author
Ian Fleming — they were
step-cousins — but Lee was
actually one of Fleming’s first
choices for the role of Bond, not
least because of Lee’s World War II
and SOC experiences.
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12) He has played Sherlock
Holmes, his brother Mycroft
Holmes, and also Sir Henry
Baskerville of The Hound Of
The Baskervilles.
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13) Tired of playing Dracula and
feeling that the movies had
gotten sub-par, Lee tried to quit
Hammer films, but studio
executives guilted him into
returning by stressing how many
people could be out of work if
Lee stopped churning out hits.
Lee agreed to star in 1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness,
he felt the script was so awful he
adamantly refused to say any
of the dialogue. Hammer decided
that it was far more important to
have a mute Lee as star as
opposed to anyone else, and thus
had Dracula hiss and yell through
the film.
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14) In the ‘50s, Lee was engaged
to Henriette von Rosen, daughter
of Count Fritz von Rosen. The
Count apparently didn’t like Lee,
because after hiring private
detectives to investigate the
actor and demanding references,
he also refused to allow his
daughter to marry him unless
Lee got the blessing of the King
Of Sweden. Lee got it.
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15) Lee was a major Tolkien
fan, reading The Hobbit and the
Lord of the Rings trilogy once a
year for the majority of his life.
He was the only member of the
movie cast to have met Tolkien
personally — apparently he ran
into him randomly in a pub —
and fanboyed out. Tolkien
actually gave him his blessing to
play Gandalf in any future Lord
of the Rings movie.
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16) When Lee heard that
Hollywood was going to finally
make the LotR trilogy into movies,
he took a role in the terrible 1997
TV series The New Adventures of
Robin Hood as a wizard, specifically
so he’d have clear evidence of his
ability to be a wizard. When he
heard Peter Jackson would direct
the films, he sent Jackson a
personal letter asking to be in
the movies along with a picture of
him dressed up as a wizard.
Unfortunately, Lee’s advanced age
and his natural ability to play villains
made him an even better choice for
Saruman.
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17) The story has gone around a
lot, but it bears repeating because
it is incredible: During his death
scene in Return of the King (only
included in the Extended Edition to
Lee’s disapproval), director Peter
Jackson was describing to him
what sound people getting stabbed
in the back should make. Lee
gravely responded that he had
seen people being stabbed in the
back, and knew exactly what
sound they made.
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18) Lee was quite interested in
the history of public executions,
and reportedly knew “the names
of every official public executioner
employed by England, dating all
the way back to the mid-15th
century.”
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19) He’s always been a big metal
fan, but he released his first full
heavy metal album in 2010 at the
age of 88. Titled "Charlemagne:
By the Sword and the Cross", which
won the “Spirit of Metal” award
from the 2010 Metal Hammer
Golden Gods ceremony. He made
a metal Christmas album in 2012.
He was the oldest metal performer,
and the oldest musician to ever
hit the Billboard music charts.
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20) In addition to his impossibly
prolific film career, Lee was a
world champion fencer, an opera
singer, spoke six languages, and
was a hell of a golfer.
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21) He was made a Knight
Commander of the Most
Excellent Order of the British
Empire in 2009, a Commander of
the Venerable Order of Saint
John in 1997, made a Commander
of the Order of Arts and Letters
by the French government in 2011,
earned he British Academy of Film
and Television Arts Fellowship in
2011, received the The Bram
Stoker Award for Lifetime
Achievement in 1994, and so
many more.
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22) Last but not least: Despite
everything you’ve heard about
the “six degrees of Kevin Bacon,”
Christopher Lee was recognized
as being the most connected actor
in the world in 2008, again by
Guinness. He connects to virtually
any actor in 2.59 steps, beating
Bacon.
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SOURCES: https://www.google.com/amp/s
/gizmodo.com/22-incredible-facts-
about-the-life-and-career-of-sir-ch-
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Pardon my inherent ranting on King Charles XII Of Sweden - he's just a really cool Swedish historical figure

Pardon my inherent ranting on King Charles XII Of Sweden - he's just a really cool Swedish historical figure | Charles XII of Sweden was the king of
Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He was
the second child and the first son of
Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrika
Eleonora of Denmark. Charles XII
spent his childhood amidst luxury. As
a child, he was a keen observer of the
political and military matters of his
kingdom, while preparing to rule the
kingdom someday. His father passed
away in 1697. Hence, Charles XII
inherited the throne of Sweden. He
was 15 years old when he took charge
after a 7-month rule by a caretaker
government. In 1700, he faced his first
big challenge as a king when Sweden
was attacked by three neighborhood
kingdoms, who wished to take
advantage of a weakened country and
a young and inexperienced king. The
war that resulted was known as the
Great Northern War. However, Charles
exhibited great military prowess and
emerged victorious in several battles
despite his forces being severely
outnumbered. He, however, ended up
losing his life while fighting in Norway
in 1718. He was hailed by the
historians as a great military
commander and an able politician. | image tagged in fun facts with simothefinlandized,blank white template,charles xii of sweden | made w/ Imgflip meme maker

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Now that you think of it, King Charles XII Of Sweden would make awesome inspiration for an OC - any takers?

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BTW I have made my "Idea-Codex Of SimoTheFinlandized - 2021" into a new meme template - please repost this :3

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