INTERESTING GAME OF THRONES FACTS

- During filming for the final episode of season 1, Sean Bean and the rest of the cast played football with Ned Stark's head. Bean admits that the cast had a little fun with the model of his detached head. When asked "Was it weird to see your own head on set" he replied: "It was a bit strange, yeah, a bit creepy. We just kicked it around like a football!"

- Sophie Turner, AKA Sansa Stark, adopted the dog that plays her dire wolf. Lady, ad she's known on the show, is now named Zunni.

- Maisie Williams who plays Arya Stark got his first acting role in the Game Of Thrones.

- The Dothraki language is an entirely fictional language created for the show. The language is comprised of more than 3,000 words and was created by a linguist named David Peterson.

- George R. R. Martin has reveled the ending to the book series to show's producers in case he does not live enough to complete it.

- Baby girls around the world are being named after your favorite "Game Of Thrones" characters. In 2012, more than 150 girls were named Khalessi and according to the Social Security Administration, Arya is becoming one of the fastest-growing names in the U.S.

- Oona Chaplin, who played Rob Stark's late wife, is the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin.

- Did you know that the Baratheon House actually stole its banner and values from another house? According to Game Of Thrones lore, a chap called Orys Baratheon seized Storm's End from House Durrandon, centuries ago. Not only that, Orys also stole their sigil and house motto.

- A large number of the actors on the show have not read the books, some of them fear that it will affect their acting if they know what happens to their character.

- Game Of Thrones is the hottest ticket on TV, and loads of actors want a piece of the action. One actor sent the casting director of Game Of Thrones a Stromtropper with their face on it as a please appearing in the show, while others have sent personalized playing cards and even Kit Kats.

- After the first episode of the show aired, the actor who plays Joffrey, Jack Gleeson, received a letter from George R. R. Martin that read, "Congratulations, everyone hates you!"

- Game Of Thrones has turned into a magnet for musician cameos. Ed Sheeran has appeared in season 7 already singing a song to Arya . Previously, the show has featured appearances from Sigur Ros, Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol, Mastadon, Will Champion from Coldplay and of Monsters and Men.

- The "horse heart" Daenerys ate for Khol Drogo on the show was actually a three pound mass of a gummy bear like substance.