Top Ten: Game of Thrones Facts

As you may have heard, the final season of Game of Thrones is upon us. We decided to take a look back at some fun and amazing facts about the show.

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10. The show Game of Thrones will end before the final books in the Song of Ice and Fire series are complete.

9. GOT co-stars Emilia Clarke and Lena Headey have both played the role of Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise.

8. Some characters who have been killed off on the show are still alive in the books. And some book characters are never even been featured on the show.

7. Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, adopted her very own Direwolf, Lady (also known as Zunnie), after the animal was killed off on screen.

6. In the books, the Targaryan family are known for having violet eyes. Originally in the show, the actors playing Targaryans wore violet contacts, but the producers felt that the contacts got in the way of the actors' performances.

5. In season 1, Daenerys eats a horse heart. What Emilia Clarke actually ate something similar to a giant gummy candy.

4. Characters' names have become very popular baby names since the show began. So get ready to meet Arya and Khaleesi in real life.

3. Much like Elvish from Lord of the Rings or Klingon from Star Trek, you can learn both the Dothraki language and High Valerian.

2. Sean Bean, who played Ned Stark, used his own character's decapitated head as a football on set.

1. HBO released two Game of Thrones themed rap albums, featuring the rap stylings of Big Boi, Method Man and Snoop Dogg.

And don't forget...Winter IS coming

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