Some crazy facts about Sherlock Holmes you had no idea about
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 They have all come together for the campaign because they realize terrorism needs to end in Pakistan, and it needs to end now.
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The character of Sherlock Holmes was initially going to be named Sherrinford Homes. That certainly wouldn't have caught on!
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John Watson's original name was Ormand Sacker. Like what?Â
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Sherlock Holmes is listed as the most played fictional character by the Guinness Book of World Records portrayed by 70 actors in more than 250 screen adaptations
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The character is so widely popular that it had made its mark in the porn industry as well by the name of ‘The American Adventures of Surelick Holmes'. Oh, yes it's true! The cast was all male and guess what, Moriarty was renamed as ‘Maryart'i.Â
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The Watsons played by Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington are married in real life as well. Guess they are truly committed to their characters.
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The first story of the Sherlock series ‘A study in Scarlet' was something of a dud and it was after several endless efforts that he managed to write a second one with the same detective.Â
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A private museum is dedicated to this character by the name of ‘The Sherlock Holmes Museum' at the official address of 221B street although the actual location is 239 Baker Street.Â
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In 2002, the fictional character of Sherlock Holmes was awarded the Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Society of Chemistry; first of its kind!Â
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One of the most famous phrases of Sherlock Holmes ‘Elementary, my dear Watson' isn't present in the original series of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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The famous cape and the deerstalker hat are not the attire of the book's SherlockÂ
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The reason Doyle killed off Sherlock was because he felt trapped by this character but succumbing to the public pressure he brought him back later. Doyle once said that if years later I were known only because of Sherlock then it would be a failure on my part. Well, we don't think so, do we?
