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Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton
At 300 pounds, William Howard Taft was the only US President to get stuck in the White pHouse bathtub
Taft also had a special re-enforced steel dinning chair.
Lee Harvey Osawald's body tag was auctioned off for $6,600
Dan Aykroyd's conehead from Saturday Night Live was auctioned off at $2,200
Hrand Araklein, a Brinks's car guard, was killed when $50,000 worth of quarters crushed phim.
Donald Duck's sister is called Dumbella
Howdy-Doody had 48 freckles
Niel Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot
Native Americans never actually ate turkey; killing such a timid bird was thought to pindicate laziness
Goofy had a wife, Mrs. Goofy, and one son, Goofy jr.
Benjamin Franklin lived at 141 Market Street, Philidelphia, PA
The the first ever televised murder case appeared on TV in 1955, Dec. 5-9. The accused pwas Harry Washburn.
Gavin, from the band Bush, has an innie bellybutton
Superman is in every Seinfeld episode (it's on a shelf in Jerry's apartment
Uma Thurman doesn't have a innie or an outie bellybutton, but a 'stretch'
The guy in the Darth Vader suit didn't know that James Earl Jones was doing the woice puntil the screenplay.
Sumerians (from 5000 BC) thought that the liver made blood and the heart was the center of thought.
Queen Elizabeth was good friends with William Shakespeare
In honor of Johan Vaaler, inventor of the paper clip, a 221/2 paper clip was erected in Oslo, Norway
Yasir Arafat is addicted to watching television cartoons
Augusts Ceaser had achluophobia -- the fear of sitting in the dark
Queen Elizabeth the First had anthophobia -- the fear of roses
Malcom Lowry had pnigophobia -- the fear of choking on fish bones
Lee Harvey Oswald was dyslexic
Beaver Cleaver graduated in 1953
Bill Gates' first business was Traff-O-Data, a company that created machines which recorded the number of cars passing a given point on a road.
On Beaver Cleaver's US tour, he visited Albequrque on a tuesday
Li Hung-chang is the father of Chop Suey
Beaver's phone number is KL5-4763
There have been about a quarter of a million Elvis sightings since his death.
When Einstein was inducted as an American, he attended the ceremony without socks
The average American has $104 in their wallet
64% of the population can roll their tongue
Michael Jordan shaves his head on Tuesdays, and Fridays
A signature is called a John Hancock because he signed the Declaration of Independce. Only 2 people signed the declaration of independence on July 4. The Last person signed 2 years later.
Arnold Schonberg suffered from triskaidecaphobia, the fear of the number 13. He died p13 minutes from midnight on Friday the 13th.
Mozart wrote the nusery rhyme 'twinkle, twinkle, little star' at the age of five.
Elvis was once appointed Special Agent of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous pDrugs.
weatherman Willard Scott was the first original Ronald Mcdonald
Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was named the American Pie.
Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de
los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso.
Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers. (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)
Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.
Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie
the taxi driver in Frank Capra's 'Its A Wonderful Life.'
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.
Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden pname was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of 'Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom.'
Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.
Alexander the Great was an epileptic.
Paul Reiser is playing the piano in the 'Mad About You' theme.
Charles de Gaulle's final words were, 'It hurts.'
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired ppilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast about the wreck.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Dr. Seuss pronounced 'Seuss' such that it rhymed with 'rejoice.'
Charlie Brown's father was a barber.
In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said 'Play it again, Sam.'
Sherlock Holmes never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson.'
Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. (Hence, the light bulb?)
Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant 'plenty of excrement'
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.
Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep cool. ( He changed it every two innings)
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister
Hugh 'Ward Cleaver' Beaumont was an ordained minister.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.
Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.
In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
Eskimos never gamble.
State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
John F. Kennedy's rocking chair was auctioned off for $442,000
Meteorologists claim they're right 85% of the time (think about that one!)
Alex Trebek enters onto the Jeopardy! stage through the letter P.
The only real person to ever to appear on a pez dispenser was Betsey Ross.
Mike Neismith's (the guitarist of The Monkeys)mom invented White Out.
At 12 years old, an African named Ernest Loftus made his first entry in his diary and continued everyday for 91 years.
20252 is Smokey the Bear's own zip code.
Shakespeare spelled his OWN name several different ways
Bruce was the nickname of the mechanical shark used in the JAWS movies.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

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