50 Shades facts

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The movie Secretary came out in 2002, well before 50 Shades of Grey, both are about a bdsm relationship and both feature a man named Mr. Grey

"Lawrence of Arabia" and "50 Shades of Grey" were edited by the same person

In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 18 of the best facts about 50 Shades I managed to collect.

1. 50 Shades of Grey started out as Twilight fan-fiction. But after criticism that they were too provocative for the fan sites E.L. James decided to remove the vampire elements and publish them as a book. The book would go on to sell 125 million copies.

2. A Shades and Blinds Company Sued A Customer $50,000 for Writing A 2-star Yelp Review

3. In the censored Vietnam version of '50 Shades of Grey', there is no sex at all

4. "50 Shades of Grey" was originally a Twilight fanfiction

5. Smash Pictures tried to make a pornographic version of 50 Shades of Grey, but were sued by Universal Pictures and prevented from doing so because, quote, it was 'likely to cause...irreparable harm by poisoning public perception of the Fifty Shades Trilogy'.

6. The editor of Lawrence of Arabia also edited 50 Shades of Grey.

7. There's a documentary called 50 shades of Sasha Grey.

8. According to zipfs law: Given a large enough source of material, almost half of any book, conversation or article we are introduced to contains the same 50-100 words. Yes... about 50% of the bible is the same as 50% of the 50 shades of Grey.. (This applies individually to any language!)

9. The Dr. Seuss Version Of 50 Shades of Grey Would Have Been Amazing

10. 50 Shades of Grey was based on a Twilight fanfiction, however the original website was taken down when the former was released.

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Nick Cannon is making a parody movie of "50 Shades of Gray"

In the censored Vietnam version of '50 Shades of Grey', there is no sex at all - source

There is a Fifty Shades of Chicken cookbook including sections of satirized prose of the original book, images of cooked and uncooked whole chickens bound seductively, and 50 chicken recipes. - source

'50 Shades of Grey' was originally Twilight fanfiction named 'Masters of the Universe' (MotU)

There's a 50 Shades of Gray joke in iCarly of all things. - source

A Chicago-based Shades and Blinds Company Tried Suing a Customer $50,000 for Writing a Negative Yelp Review