Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal.
While in Alcatraz, Al Capone was inmate #85.
The actor who played Wedge in the original Star Wars trilogy has a famous
nephew: actor Ewan McGregor, who plays the young Obi-Wan in the new Star Wars
film.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.
Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the first three Star Wars movies, was
a hospital porter in London before starring as the Wookie.
Sheryl Crow's front two teeth are fake - she had them knocked out when she
tripped on the stage earlier in her career.
Hitler was claustrophobic. The large elevator leading to his eagles nest in the
Austrian Alps was mirrored so it would appear larger and more open.
Jim Morrison, of the 60's rock group The Doors, was the first rock star to be
arrested on stage.
Hans Christian Andersen, creator of fairy tales, was word-blind. He never
learned to spell correctly, and his publishers always had the spelling errors
corrected.
Frank Lloyd Wright's son invented Lincoln Logs.
Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear. His "Self-portrait with
Bandaged Ear'' shows the right one bandaged because he painted the mirror image.
Peter Falk, who played "Columbo," has a glass eye.
The only married couple to fly together in space were Jan Davis and Mark Lee,
who flew aboard the Endeavour space shuttle from September 12-20, 1992.
Besides Star Trek, William Shatner, Leonard Nemoy, James Doohan, and Geoge
Takei have all appeared at one time or another on "The Twilight Zone."
Barbie's full name is "Babara Millicent Roberts."
The original captain of Star Trek's starship "Enterprise" was Jeffrey Hunter
- not William Shatner - as Christopher Pike, in the pilot episode "The cage"
(1964). The cast was quite different from that of the classic series except
for Leonard Nimoy as Spock.
The mother of Michael Nesmith of "The Monkees" invented whiteout.
Screech, from "Saved by the Bell," was the only one of the characters who
played in all the episodes from the junior high, with Mrs. Bliss, to "Saved
by the Bell: The New Class."
Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez
dispenser.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal
category.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
If Barbie were life-size her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would
stand 7 feet (2 m) 2 inches (5 cm) tall and have a neck twice the length
of a normal human's neck.
The world's longest name officially used by a person is "Adolph Blaine
Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin
Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Shermasn Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes
Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorft Senior" which is composed
of 28 words or 192 letters.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked
out of it by her doctor.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
The shortest British monarch was Charles I, who was 4 feet 9 inches.
Tina Turner's real name is Annie Mae Bullock.
Queen Victoria eased the discomfort of her menstrual cramps by having her
doctor supply her with marijuana.
One of the many Tarzans, Karmuala Searlel, was mauled to death by a raging
elephant on set.
Elizabeth 1st suffered from anthophobia (a fear of roses).
Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.
All 17 children of Queen Anne died before her.
President John F Kennedy could read 4 newspapers in 20 minutes.
All U.S Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing
them in public.
"Moon" was Buzz Aldrin's (second man on the moon) mother's maiden name.
Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were the two left-handed Beatles.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I's mother, had six fingers on one hand.
Gary Burgoff (Radar on MASH) always kept his left hand out of the view of the
camera, either in his pocket or under a clipboard, because his left had is
deformed.
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis'
middle name was spelled Aaron - in honor of his brother.
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000
words none of them with the letter "E."
The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister,
Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at
a religious retreat in India.
Orville Wright was involved in the first aircraft accident. His passenger,
a Frenchman, was killed.
Born on November 2, 1718, British politician, John Montagu, the 4th Earl
of Sandwich, is credited with naming the "sandwich". He developed a habit
of eating beef between slice of toast so he could continue to play cards
uninterrupted.
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
Cher's last name was "Sarkissian." She changed it because no one could
pronounce it.
Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize winning scientist whom discovered radium, died
on 4th July 1934 of radiation poisoning.
Sugar was first added to chewing gum in 1869 by a dentist, William Semple.
Paper was invented early in the second century by Chinese eunuch.
Scientist John Harvey owns Einstein's brain. Harvey was a pathologist at
a small hospital in Princeton, NJ, when Einstein died in 1955 at the age
of 76. Harvey performed the autopsy, determined Einstein died of natural
causes, and took the brain home with him.
Sir Isaac Newton was only 23 years old when he discovered the law of universal
graviton.
Hannibal had only one eye after getting a disease while attacking Rome.
Mark Twain, real name Samuel Clemens, worked on a riverboat when he was
a teenager. The call "Mark twain!" meant that the water was deep enough
to proceed safely.
