The song American Pie has the lines "Drove my Chevy to the Levy, but the Levy was dry... Them good old boys were drinking whisky in Rye.." The Levy was a bar and Rye is a small city in New York. Most people think the levy is a thing that holds water back and Rye as the liquor.

Ice Cube's real name is O'Shea Jackson.

The loudest sound that could be made in 1600 was that of a pipe organ.

Pia Zadora's first movie role was as a young child, as one of the protagonists in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

Mickey Mouse's ears are always turned to the front, no matter which direction his head is pointing.

Only six times in history have Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated had the same entity on the cover in the same week. They are Joe Namath, Reggie Jackson, Secretariat, the 1980 U.S. Ice Hockey team, Mary Lou Retton and O.J. Simpson.

In every deck of cards the King of Hearts is sticking his sword through his head. That's why he's often called the "Suicide King"

The actor who played the T-1000 in Terminator 2 (Robert Patrick) and the lead singer of Filter are brothers.

In the theme song from "The Flintstones", the line after "Let's ride with the family down the street" is "Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet."

Rita Hayworth's real name was Margarita Casino.

Tina Turner's real name is Annie Mae Bullock.

When Patty Hearst was kidnapped, she was watching the TV Show "The Magician" starring Bill Bixby.

The King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache.

Shannon Hoon, the now-dead lead singer of the group Blind Melon was a back-up singer for Guns N' Roses on their Use Your Illusion 1 CD.

Melanie Griffith's mother is actress Tippi Hendren, best known for her lead role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.