The term “paparazzi” was coined by Fellini while making his film about the lives of the Sixties elite, “La Dolce Vita”
The Beach Boys sang about a California culture of sun and sand in the 1960s but didn’t actually like to surf themselves–and one of them drowned
Egypt isn’t the country with the most pyramids, Sudan is with nearly twice as many
Conspiracy theorists believe Woody Harrelson’s father, a convicted murderer, was the youngest of the “Three Tramps” and the assassin who killed John F. Kennedy
Whoops: In 1387, King Charles II of Navarre was burned alive by accident
The original Godzilla movie was a metaphor for the devastating effects of nuclear weapons
Margaret Hamilton, the Wicked Witch of the West, suffered 3rd-degree burns while making “The Wizard of Oz”
Yuma Territorial Prison: One of the Old West’s most feared prisons
They looked alike, shared the same last name, and bickered like real brothers, but the iconic punk rockers in the Ramones were NOT related—nor were they all rebellious
The “Kryptos” sculpture at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, carries an unsolved encrypted message
