Oscars - 10 Unusual Facts - as part of the celebrities series by GeoBeats.

Here are 10 unusual facts about Oscars.

10 - The first Oscars Ceremony sold tickets for $5. Now tickets are virtually impossible for the uninvited public to attain, except for bleacher seats, determined by a raffle drawing.
9 - The 'Oscars' is actually a nickname for the trophies that appeared in the 1930s. Rumor has it that an Academy librarian remarked it looked like her uncle Oscar, and the name caught on.
8 - A streaker ran across the stage nude, showing the peace sign for the 1974 Oscars while the Best Picture contenders were being introduced.
7 – The film, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ from 1969 is the first and only X-rated movie to receive an Oscar Award.
6 - The Oscars have been postponed 3 times: for flooding, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.
5 - Bob Hope holds the record as the Oscars host, presenting the Academy Awards 19 times.
4 - Only 2 actors, George C. Scott and Marlon Brando have refused to accept their Oscars in the entire history of the Academy Awards.
3 - In 1939, when Walt Disney was honored for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, he was handed one normal sized Oscar and seven mini statuettes.
2 - Ironically, Oscar Hammerstein II is the only person named Oscar to receive an Oscar Award.
1 - In 2000, 55 Oscars were stolen on the way to the show. Several are still missing to this day.