Sherlock facts

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When Sherlock fired the gun in 221B, he failed to think of the effect it might have on John, who he know had PTSD. He realized his mistake that night when John cried out after waking up from a particularly terrible nightmare.

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Molly's crush on Sherlock ended abruptly when he stayed with her for a few days after the fall. She honestly doesn't know how John lives with him.

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Sherlock only recently got out of rehab at the start of the series. That's why he was looking for a flatmate, why Mycroft was being overly concerned about his activities, and why Lestrade didn't know that Sherlock was clean during the drugs bust.

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The corpse that Sherlock flogged in A Study in Pink, the nice guy that used to work at Bart's was an IT technician. Jim killed him so he could take his job.

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Sherlock's plan to survive the Fall wasn't entirely foolproof. Though the odds leaned towards his side he was still prepared to die for his friends.

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After the fall, Sherlock began to do drugs again, not because he was bored. It was because he didn't know how to cope with being alone again.

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John has a 'Swear Jar' for every time he swears. Sherlock has a 'Rude Jar'. Every time John swears he has to put money in the jar and every time Sherlock makes a rude deduction he has to put money in. When the jars gets full they have to take Mrs. Hudson to dinner.

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Sherlock once collapsed on a case. Lestrade thought it was because of the drugs that Sherlock was using, but John knew that it was because he wasn't eating or sleeping for the last three days.

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The Holmes' family was wrecked after Sherlock's father had an affair. This is why he insults Anderson and Donovan so much and why he told Lestrade about his wife's affair.

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Every time John drives he drives around pieces of trash and stuff on the street because in Afghanistan those are the sort of thing that can harbor IEDs.

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Mrs. Hudson babysat Sherlock and Mycroft as children and that's why she puts up with Sherlock and why Sherlock is so protective of her.

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Sherlock, John, and The Yard once got together for a paintball game. John won under ten minutes.

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The reason Mycroft thinks that caring is not an advantage is that he's spent his whole life caring for Sherlock Holmes.

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The two reasons that Sherlock is scared of Moriarty

1) Jim is smarter than him

2) Sherlock could have ended up just like him

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On Sherlock's birthday John drugged Sherlock and lock him in a small flat and gives him tiny hints to get the key and escape the room.

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Anderson has a higher IQ than Sherlock. It's just that Sherlock mastered the skill at a young age and Anderson's a stupid asshole that didn't bother learning.

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Sherlock deletes a lot of primary level things so he finds children's shows interesting.

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John was the only sincere smiling face Sherlock had seen in years. He put it on his wall in yellow paint so he could always feel his presence. But knowing that the smile could never love him the way he love John pushed him over the edge, and he shot it again and again to try and shake the sentiment out of him. When John found him like this, he shouted, "Bored!" to distract him from the tears filling his eyes.

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Sherlock hisses like a cat when he's angry.

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In 2008 58% of British teens thought Sherlock Holmes was a real guy, while 20% thought Winston Churchill was not.

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Pupils dilate when we are excited or find someone attractive. Sherlock's pupils dilated when he first met John.

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