Want to impress, or perhaps annoy, your friends on Oscar night? There are a number of interesting factoids this year related to the impressive crop of nominees. The awards are handed out Feb. 24. I will no doubt be repeating many of these fascinating facts during the Calgary Herald’s live blog. So please join me, Ruth Myles, Tom Babin, Calgary filmmaker Jonathan Joffe and Calgary International Film Festival executive director Stephen Schroeder, among others, for a play-by-play on awards night. Meanwhile, here’s some fun facts that you may not have known about this year’s nominees.