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Trivia ~ Famous People
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Benjamin Franklin, famous for the expression, A penny saved, is a penny earned, is buried across the street from the Philadelphia Mint. Visitors to his gravesite often leave pennies on his tombstone for good luck.
See what happens if you coin an expression?
Johnny Mathis dubbed Miss Piggy's singing voice in The Muppet Movie.
Have you ever heard of The Tuna Club in southern California? It is the oldest fishing club in the country! Pretty exciting, huh? Its members have included Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, General George S. Patton, Charlie Chaplin and Bing Crosby.
Andrew Jackson's tombstone does not mention that he served as the president of the United States.
The Aztec ruler Montezuma II consumed upwards to fifty cups of chocolate daily in the belief that the substance possessed aphrodisiacal qualities.
Alexander the Great really wasn't Greek! He was born under Philip II of Macedon. It wasn't until later when Alexander began his conquests that Macedon and Greece were joined under his power.
Tom Selleck was originally cast as Indiana Jones, the role made immortal by Harrison Ford in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Selleck declined because he was committed to his television series, "Magnum P.I."
While fighting with the French underground during World War II, Jacques Yves Cousteau invented the aqualung, the self-contained device that supplies air pressure for underwater divers.
Rock star David Bowie (born: David Jones) performed under the name Davey Jones until 1966, when he changed his nom de stage to 'Bowie,' to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees
Milton Berle was the Grand Marshall of Macy's Parade in 1948 when it was presented on nationwide television for the first time.
Pope Pius XII designated St. Clare of Assisi who was born in 1194 as the patron saint of television in 1958. She joined a Benedictine convent in 1212 and, along with St. Francis, founded the order of Franciscan nuns (known as the Poor Clares) in 1215. Pope Pius XII designated her as the patron saint of television because on Christmas 1252, while she was in her cell at the convent of San Damiano, she said she saw and heard the mass in the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Tonto addressed the Lone Ranger using the words kemo sabe, meaning Trusty Scout.
And here I thought it was Apache for "Honky"
Look what happens when a President gets elected in a year with a "0" at the end.
1840: William Henry Harrison (died in office)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (assassinated)
1880: James A. Garfield (assassinated)
1900: William McKinley (assassinated)
1920: Warren G. Harding (died in office)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (died in office)
1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated)
1980: Ronald Reagan (survived assassination Attempt)
2000: George W. Bush ????????????And to think that we had two guys fighting it out in the courts to be the one elected in 2000.
King James VI and the Privy Council issued an edict in 1603 banning the use of the surname MacGregor.
Ronald Reagan was the actor who was originally cast to play the immortal role of "Rick" in the movie "Casablanca."
Abraham Lincoln was the first recognizable person whose likeness appeared on a regularly issued US coin?
The 1961 movie, "The Misfits" with Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, was the last movie for both screen legends
Don't be too impressed if you meet a Saudi Arabian prince or princess. There are about 5,000 of each in the royal family.
What is impressive, or at least notable, is that the kingdom's ruler from 1932-1953, King Ibn Saud, had 300 wives.
Now there's a man who could have used a personal computer!
Peter Falk, best known for his starring role on TV's Columbo, earned a B.S. in political science from the New School for Social Research in New York. He worked as an efficiency expert for the Connecticut Budget Director before he pursued acting.
In the floor of Westminster Abbey is a tiny stone marking the burial place of the British Renaissance playwright and poet Ben Jonson (1572-1637). Despite enjoying respectable success in the arts and serving as a major influence on seventeenth-century poets, the death of King James I ended Jonson's period of court favor. Jonson was too poor to pay for the normal grave space, so he is buried standing up.
The first person ever awarded a gold record was Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo-Choo."
Before she got her big break on television's Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In in the 1960s, Jo Anne Worley was Carol Channing's understudy in Hello, Dolly on Broadway.
James Monroe--like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson before him--died on Independence Day, the last president to date to bear that trivia distinction.
Drummer Frank Beard is the only guy without a beard in the rock trio ZZTOP
John Tyler had more children that any other American president. He had eight sons and seven daughters and was married twice.
The youngest person to take the position of U.S. President was Theodore Roosevelt. He was 42 at his inauguration. Next youngest was John F. Kennedy, who was 43.
Richard Nixon was the first president to visit all 50 states.
As a child, Queen Victoria was trained to keep her chin up, by placing a sprig of holly beneath her collar.
Both Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were understudies in the William Inge play "Picnic" in 1960. From this less than romantic beginning, they were soon married and both went to film stardom, collaborating on many projects. They are regarded as one of Hollywood's few truly happy couples.
Helen Keller (1880-1968), blind and deaf from an early age, developed her sense of smell so finely that she could identify friends by their personal odors
President Ulysses S. Grant was once arrested during his term of office. He was convicted of exceeding the Washington speed limit on his horse and was fined $20
David Rice Atchison was the President of the U.S. on March 4, 1849, for one day! James Polks' tenure ended on that day, and the new president refused to take the oath on a Sunday for religious reasons. The law at that time held that in a situation with no President or Vice- President, the President Pro-tem of the Senate would be President. David Rice Atchison didn't realize this and slept through the day. But he was President for that day. Well Polk was the 11th President which would make David Rice Atchison the 12th instead of Zachary Taylor who would be the 13th, etc. ect. Stop the presses!! Rewrite the History books.
Henry Ford was obsessed with soybeans. He once wore a suit and tie made from soy-based material, served a 16-course meal made entirely from soybeans, and ordered many Ford auto parts to be made from soy-derived plastic.
Actor Paul Newman was disqualified from the Navy's pilot training program during World War II because he was color blind.
Lafayette was a major general in the American Revolution at the age of 19. Lafayette's whole name is Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Before he settled on Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens wrote under the names Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, Sergeant Fathom and W. Apaminondas Adrastus Blab
Lyndon Baines Johnson was so obsessed with secrecy that he often wrote "burn this" on personal letters
Dennis Quaid, Val Kilmer, Kirk Douglas, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Jason Robards, and Caesar Romero have portrayed Wild West dentist Doc Holliday in films [H]
Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, was present at the assassinations of three presidents: his father's, President Garfield's, and President McKinley's. After the last shooting, he refused ever to attend a state affair again [H]
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