Recently, it was discovered that the late Beatle George Harrison was really born on February 24th, 1943. He always believed he was born on the 25th his whole life.
Austrailian Shepherds are not Austrailian, they are an American breed all the way.
Shannon Hoon, the late lead singer of the group Blind Melon, was a cousin of Axl Rose, the lead singer of Guns n' Roses.
Richard Nixon played the piano, saxophone, violin, accordion, and clarinet.
In Oklahoma, it is illegal to take a bite out of someone else's burger.
In rural China, human baby is a delicacy.
There are more Jews in the city of Paris than there are in the state of Texas.
The founder of the Marshall guitar amplifier company was originally a drummer.
There are 11 time zones in Russia.
Bob Keeshan, the actor who played "Captain Kangaroo," was an ex-Marine.
"Berkeley" (as in the Californian city) is commonly mispronounced. It should be pronounced "Barkley," the way the city's namesake pronounced it.
Irving Berlin, the famous Russian-born American composer, never learned how to read or write music.
Natalie Wood, who died of a drowning, had a life-long fear of water. Had she given in to her fear, she might be alive today.
Fred "Mr." Rogers, was an ordained minister.
French actor Gerard Depardieu is an accomplished winemaker.
Dr. Ruth was a sharpshooter in the Israeli army.
Ron Jeremy, the famous porn star, is a licensed schoolteacher.
In Ireland, pornography is illegal.
There is very reliable evidence that Nero played the bagpipes, not the violin, when Rome burned. The violin would not be invented for several centuries.
Jerry Springer was born in England.
The famous poet, Shel Silverstein, wrote Johnny Cash's hit song "A Boy Named Sue."
Bono, of the Irish band U2, is both Catholic and Protestant.
Tony Clifton, the obnoxious character associated with the late comedian Andy Kaufman, was (and sometimes still is) played by his former comedy writer, Bob Zmuda.
The Indian-British author, Salman Rushdie, who was sentenced to death by an Iranian edict claiming his novel "The Satanic Verses" was anti-Islamic, is an observant Muslim regardless of all the trouble his book got him into.
The late lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ronnie Van Zant, always performed barefoot during concerts claiming the vibrations made by the music increased his ability to put more into his singing.