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There are two doubly landlocked countries in the world, Liechtenstein in Europe and Uzbekistan in Central Asia.

What about Moomin Valley?

It's airlocked.

Bette Davis loathed Joan Crawford.

And vice versa.

Cleveland Indians pitcher Ray Caldwell recorded a complete game (baseball) against the Philadelphia A's in 1919, after he was struck by lightning in the middle of the ninth inning.

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After Star Trek TOS was cancelled, Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) was hired to work at NASA. Mainly, she recruited aspiring astronauts.

Graphene is the world's strongest material. It is a million times thinner than paper, but 200 times stronger than steel.

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The late artist Andy Warhol's brother is a painter, too.

He paints pictures with a chicken foot.

^ This reminds me of the late Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, Mr. Aleksei Kosygin. He was once invited to a cultural visit in Finland. The hosts, the Finnish government, took him to a modern arts museum. Mr. Kosygin, polite as ever, said to the reporters who wanted to hear his comments about what he saw, "In my country, this is not called art. But it is interesting."

I suppose in Prime Minister Kosygin's country that is 'tactful'?

In a European museum, an original Picasso was exhibited for years before some expert finally convinced them that it was sideways.

O Canada did not become Canada's official national anthem until July 1, 1980, a full century after it was first written. (It was first written in French; an English version did not come until 1908.)

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It’s presumed that Daniel Defoe and Robert Louis Stevenson based their respective novels - “Robinson Crusoe” and “Treasure Island” on the fascinating islands of Trinidad & Tobago.

Elizabeth Taylor was supposedly buried with a handwritten letter in her coffin....the legendary letter was written by Richard Burton, while he was married to his last wife, and said that he wanted to return to Elizabeth.

His wife, who outlived him, insisted that he wrote no such letter

HRH Prince William is related to George Washington.