that you didn't know about Game of Thrones

Since this week, Monday evening is once again the best evening of the week. Game of Thrones is back with a fifth season full of fabulous and bloody adventures in Westeros. A breath of fresh air for everyone who greatly missed the wolves, dragons, and the buttocks of Michiel Huisman last winter. And there are many, as the HBO series seems to be breaking download and streaming records again this season. Especially for you, we share today: 7 things you didn't know about GoT. 

Many of the girls playing prostitutes in the series have actually been porn stars. Including the actress who plays Shae, Tyrion's ex. She used to work as a porn actress in Germany.

In 2012, more than 160 newborn girls in the US were given the name Khaleesi.

The set builders took two months to build the infamous ijzeren troon throne. The throne is made of wood and melted swords.

After Lady, one of the wolves from the series, finished filming for the series, she was adopted by Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark.

Emilia Clarke, whom we know as the platinum blonde Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen, is naturally a brunette and has never dyed her hair for the role. She wears a wig that takes over an hour to put on.

Thomas Brodie-Sangster (that cute little boy from Love Actually) who plays the 13-year-old Jojen Reed , is actually already 24 years old!

Finally. Writer and creator George R.R. Martin has revealed the definitive ending of his book and TV series to the producers of the show in case he ‘gets hit by a bus’ before he has the chance to write the last books. This way, they at least know how he wants the story to end.