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- Howard Hughes' original fortune came from his father's invention of an oil drill bit capable of boring through subterranean rock.
- The first U.S. president to use a telephone was James Garfield.
- Recording star Vanilla Ice's real name is Robert Van Winkle.
- Shirley Temple made $1 million by the age of 10.
- The first U.S. president to visit Moscow was Richard Nixon.
- King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.
- Mickey Mouse was the first non-human to win an Oscar.
- James Dean died in a Porsche Spider. [Webmaster's Note: James Dean died outside of Paso Robles, California, about a half an hour north of my home.]
- Napoleon was terrified of cats.
- Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992. The vehicle weighed in at 6,300 lbs and was 7 feet wide.
- When asked to name his favorite among all his paintings, Pablo Picasso replied "the next one."
- The godfather of actress Winona Ryder was the late Dr. Timothy Leary, LSD guru of the 1960s. Winona’s father, Michael Horowitz, served at one time as Leary’s archivist and ran a bookstore called Flashback Books. Additionally, her parents were politically active intellectuals, and Beat poet Allen Ginsberg was a good family friend.
- Reportedly, Virginia Woolf wrote all her books while standing.
- When Errol Flynn appeared as a contestant on the mid-1950s TV quiz show The Big Surprise, he was questioned about sailing and won $30,000.
- Before he catapulted to fame, Bob Dylan was paid $50 in 1960 for playing the harmonica on a Harry Belafonte album.
- John F. Kennedy and Warren Harding were the only United States presidents to be survived by their fathers.
- Ignce Paderewski, one of the greatest concert pianists of all time, was also premier of Poland.
- Richard M. Nixon, as a young naval officer in World War II, set up the only hamburger stand in the South Pacific. Nixon's Snack Shack served free burgers and Australian beer to flight crews.
- On "forever-39" Jack Benny's 80th birthday, Frank Sinatra gave him two copies of the book "Life Begins at Forty."
- When Yul Brynner had hair, it was dark brown.
- Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Dostoyevsky were all epileptics.
- President Theodore Roosevelt wrote 37 books.
- Vincent Van Gogh shot and killed himself while painting "Wheatfield with Crows."
- Bill Cosby was the first black to win a best actor Emmy.
- Ronald Reagan's first wife was Jane Wyman.
- Abraham Lincoln had a wart on his face.
- Princess Grace was once on the board of 20th Century-Fox.
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