MOVIES: Did you know the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film “Psycho” violated the Hays Code, the moral guidelines applied to American films from 1930 to 1968? And it likely wasn’t for the reason you think.

It was the first mainstream film to feature an onscreen toilet flush, when Marion Crane tears up a piece of paper and disposes of it. The paper had contained calculations about the stolen money she was carrying, and Hitchcock argued to executives and censors that the scene was crucial to the plot. He wanted realism, and ultimately, he won the argument.

We’re fans of obscure facts. These are from Yahoo! Entertainment. 

How many balloons do you suppose were attached to the house in the Disney movie “UP”?

According to Wired, the house latched onto 20,622 balloons for the notable takeoff scene, and the movie displayed collections of 10,297 flotation devices for every subsequent scene after that first initial takeoff.

In the 1972 film “The Godfather,” the cat on Vito Corleone’s lap appeared randomly during shooting. “The cat approached the cast, exhibiting strange behavior for a stray, so Francis Ford Coppola assumed the cat belonged to a set member, scooped the feline up, and placed him on the actor’s lap, layering metaphorical value from an accidental animal occurrence.”

In the 1991 film “Silence of the Lambs,” Hannibal Lecter appears for only 16 minutes. During that time, he never blinks. It’s a trick learned by actor Anthony Hopkins, to be very still and to avoid blinking. It worked; he was terrifying.

Buzz Lightyear of the “Toy Story” franchise was almost named Lunar Larry. Doesn’t quite have the same ring.