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o The term “Third World” was coined in 1956 by G. Balandier. o Moe Howard of Three Stooges’s fame married a cousin of Harry Houdini. o Georgia O’Keefe was the first female artist to have her work displayed at the White House. o Dinah Washington was the first African American to perform is Las Vegas. o In 1968 Barbara Streisand became the first female composer to win an Academy Award. o Ithok Ben-Zvi, Israel’s second president, founded the first Hebrew high school in Israel. o Winston Churchill delivered his famous “Iron Curtain” speech in Missouri in 1946. o The Marquis De Sade was imprisoned for most of his life for illegal perversions. o Princess Diana Spencer’s last will details bequests for her $35-million-dollar estate. o Chaim Weizmann, first president of Israel, discovered a method to mass-produce acetone. o Ulysses Grant suffered from intense migraines that were sometimes reported as bouts of drunkenness. o Churchill called Gandhi “a seditious lawyer…posing as a half-dressed fakir.” o The Silver Slipper was the first casino to hire female card dealers on the Las Vegas strip. o Pamela Anderson was Canada’s “Centennial Baby.” o Cleo and Caesar were early stage names of Cher and Sonny Bono. o U.S. General George Patton’s hobby was writing poetry. o Ray Harroun was the first winner of the Indianapolis 500. o The Joy of Cooking was first self-published by Irma Rombauer in 1931. o Henry and Richard Bloch founded H&R Block in 1956. o Maggie Kuhn founded senior citizens’ activist group the Gray Panthers in 1970. o In 1972 CREEP - the Committee to Re-elect the President - supported Richard Nixon. o In 1994 George Foreman reclaimed the heavyweight title he lost 20 years earlier to Ali. o Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s ashes were scattered in space by the shuttle Columbia. o Charles Lindbergh was Time magazine’s first man of the year in 1927. o It took Tolstoy nearly 10 years to write War and Peace and was originally published in 6 volumes. o “Elvis has left the building” was announced over the PA after Elvis Presley concerts. o Comic Red Skelton ended his TV shows with “Good night and may God bless.” o Frank Lloyd Wright coined the word “carport.” o Norman Rockwell was only 22 when he illustrated his first Saturday Evening Post cover. o The Ling Riders used real sets of brothers to portray the James and Younger outlaw brothers. o John Reed, and American Communist, is the only U.S. citizen buried in the Kremlin. o Radio host Rush Limbaugh enjoys the title of “the most dangerous man in America.” o “Happy Trails” was the theme song of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. o Teacher Katharine Bates wrote “America the Beautiful” in 1893 after viewing Pike’s Peak. o “Aloha Oe” was written by Hawaii’s last queen, Liliuokalani. o Merle Haggard was in San Quentin prison in 1959 when Johnny Cash performed there. o Aaron Copeland wrote “Appalachian Spring” and music for a ballet on gunslinger Billy the Kid. o The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung used by the Egyptians in 2000 B.C. o Starfish have 8 eyes - one at each end of each leg. o In 1980, the Yellow Pages accidentally listed a Texas funeral home under Frozen Foods. o The first sound recording ever made was “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” by Tom Edison in 1877. o Genghis Khan’s cavalry rode female horses so soldiers could drink their milk. o On the average day, 102 people visit the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas. o In Cleveland, Ohio, it’s illegal to catch mice without a hunting license. o The largest painting on earth is a 72,437-square-foot smiley face.