Casablanca was based on an unproduced play titled Everybody Comes to Rick’s, written by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. Warner Bros. purchased the rights to the play in 1942 for $20,000, a record price at the time for a work that had not been commercially successful. Ironically, several of the actors portraying German soldiers were…
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(Not So) Fun Fact: Hatred Between Iran and Morocco
While one would assume the diplomatic relations between two Muslim countries like Morocco and Iran would be good, it is indeed not. Things got really bad in 1981 when Morocco offered shelter for the exiled Shah. They refused to turn him back to Iran which would have been almost certain execution. They have slightly improved…
Fun Fact: How Tangerines Got Their Name
Tangerines get their name from Tangier, Morocco from where they had gotten famous.
(Not So) Fun Fact: Morocco’s Barbary Lion
Despite being a national symbol of Morocco, the Barbary lion is now extinct due to human hunting.
Fun Fact: Morocco’s and California’s Similarities
The North African country of Morocco shares a similar climate to that of Portugal and Spain which are nearby. But in terms of American states, Morocco is actually very similar to the state of California in weather.