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(22,599 posts)363. Booth shot Lincoln in a theater, and the authorities found Booth hiding in a warehouse
Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse, and the authorities found Oswald hiding in a theater.
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red dog 1
Dec 2017
OP
Actress Hedy Lamarr was an inventor who pioneered wireless communication technology.
lapucelle
Dec 2017
#2
El Zorro is based on real life priest, Miguel Hidalgo, Father of Mexican Independence
Xipe Totec
Dec 2017
#4
Despite annoyingly persistent historical legends, so did Catherine the Great.
cemaphonic
Jan 2018
#57
According to Donnie "the chin" (Mafia leader of GOP), George Washington was a bigger liar. nt
NCjack
Dec 2017
#9
Over the years, I have "defended" KELLEY 5-10 times. "Defended" because she doesn't need it.
UTUSN
Jan 2018
#73
How gross! You would think someone from NYC could at least order authentic ravioli.
smirkymonkey
Sep 2018
#364
The divinity of Christ was essentially voted on at the First Council of Nisaea
A HERETIC I AM
Dec 2017
#31
In my experience, just going to church can lead to atheism. It happened to me
demigoddess
Mar 2018
#326
During WW ll, my father was returning home from Guadalcanal, having earned a Purple Heart...
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#49
The mother of Michael Nesmith, of "The Monkees" fame, invented White Out (Liquid Paper)
A HERETIC I AM
Dec 2017
#29
Walter Cronkite had a tall carpet covered kitty condo placed in front of hisfloor to ceiling window
bettyellen
Dec 2017
#30
Oops, youre right. I know she was an opera singer and took good care of him his last years.
bettyellen
Dec 2017
#36
I never trust guys who denigrate cats. Unless theyve been attacked, I dont want to hear it.
bettyellen
Jan 2018
#95
Thats such bullshit. Cats are more of a challenge. Dogs are so easy to please, its just laziness!
bettyellen
Jan 2018
#97
I own two or rather they own me... both adopted from the zero kill cat rescue that I volunteer for
lapfog_1
Mar 2018
#332
Irish singer Chris De Burgh is the grandson of British general Sir Eric De Burgh.
Aristus
Dec 2017
#41
Bob Dylan once stole a bunch of albums from a friend who had invited him over to hear them
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#53
Al Kooper was invited to Bob Dylan's recording session for "Like a Rolling Stone"
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#61
Kevin Spacey, Val Kilmer and Mare Winningham went to high school together
TexasBushwhacker
Jan 2018
#63
Judith from "Life of Brian" served as mayor of a town that had banned the movie
jmowreader
Jan 2018
#68
George Harrison financed the film after the original film company got nervous and pulled out
lunasun
Jan 2018
#168
Michael Nesmith (musical genius of the Monkees): his mom invented Liquid Paper n/t
blitzen
Jan 2018
#69
Nixon's Secretary of the Interior, former Alaska Gov, Walter J. Hickel, was fired by Nixon,
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#70
Harry Truman didn't declare bankruptcy when his haberdashery business died.
dubyadiprecession
Jan 2018
#80
He also originated how the U.S. Army is divided into Battalions, Divisions, Brigades, Regiments etc.
red dog 1
Mar 2018
#294
In May of last year, Richard Simmons sued the National Enquirer for libel & false claims that...
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#99
The publication claimed calling someone transgendering was not an insult , not defamation
lunasun
Jan 2018
#169
That's true, and the court agreed, so Simmons was ordered to pay The Enquirer's legal fees
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#175
I know Richard, or at least I did. I did three infomercials and a QVC with him.
nolabear
Mar 2018
#289
Yes, I saw that. People are understandably worried but it's his business indeed.
nolabear
Mar 2018
#306
Travolta's wife was mysteriously shot at Sheens house when she was dating Charlie Sheen
elehhhhna
Jan 2018
#111
William Randolph Hearst ll, grandson of William Randolph Hearst, is a great guitar player!
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#116
WWll bomber missions in B-24s and B-17s were almost suicide. My hat is off to those men.
brush
May 2018
#344
Days before he was murdered, JFK decided to bring all troops and "advisors" home from Vietnam
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#125
The man who John Wesley Hardin shot because he was snoring was someone he knew
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#137
Jimmy Carter is the only President to ever negotiate a peace treaty between Israelis & Arabs
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#141
On Aug. 19, 1895, John Wesley Hardin was killed by John Selman Sr.at the Acme Saloon in El Paso
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#144
Booth shot Lincoln in a theater, and the authorities found Booth hiding in a warehouse
Wednesdays
Jul 2018
#363
Johnny Cash proposed to his wife June Carter Cash over 30 times before she finally said yes.
Rhiannon12866
Jan 2018
#171
No : that was understood from my first meeting with her! One of her many rules.
flying_wahini
Jan 2018
#183
In 1959, Oswald received a hardship discharge from the Marines because of his mother's health
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#187
Willie Mays was unable to buy a house in a "restricted neighborhood "in San Francisco in 1958,
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#185
Bryan Adams has probably done more benefit concerts than any other rock musician
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#189
During WW ll, George McGovern was a B-24 Liberator pilot stationed near Cerignola, Italy
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#193
Phil Spector began his career in 1958 as the co-founder of the "Teddy Bears"
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#194
Sean Penn couldn't play guitar, so Woody Allen hired a famous classical guitar player to teach him
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#195
Twitler's paternal grandfather, Friedrich, amassed a fortune operating boom-town restaurants
red dog 1
Jan 2018
#196
Howard Dean is a decent finger-picking style guitar player and a huge Leo Kottke fan (like me)
DFW
Feb 2018
#201
Sharon Tate was crowned Miss Richland (WA) during the 1959 Atomic Frontier Days..
Tikki
Feb 2018
#205
In 1801, Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres, the largest object in the
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#209
In 1885, Twitler's grandfather, Frederick Trump, fled Germany to avoid military service in the
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#213
Olivia Newton John is the granddaughter of Nobel-winning quantum physicist Max Born
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2018
#215
Scott Hinckley, brother of John Hinckley Jr. (who shot Ronald Reagan & 3 others on 3/30/1981),
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#217
After Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13-year-old cousin, his popularity quickly eroded.
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#219
Neil Young's great song "Old Man" was inspired by the caretaker of the ranch he bought
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#220
Jerry Lee Lewis once got shitfaced drunk and drove his car into the gate at Graceland
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#233
In 1970, Stephen Gaskin, former San Francisco State University professor of English & Semantics,
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#264
Eddie Cochran heroically saved his fiancee's life in the auto accident that killed him
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#267
Ann Sparrow, half-sister to Nancy Hanks Lincoln (mother of Abraham) is George Clooney's
Boomerproud
Feb 2018
#268
Lee Marvin's acting career began when he was a plumber's assistant at a community theater
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#269
Sidney Poitier lied about his age to enlist in the U.S. Army during WW 2, but only served briefly
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#270
CBS Reporter Charles Kuralt won three Peabody Awards & ten Emmy Awards for journalism
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#271
Three weeks after the 9/11 attacks, Gilbert Gottfried did a monologue at a Friar's Club roast of
red dog 1
Feb 2018
#275
Hiromu Arakawa's (mangaka of Full Metal Alchemist) avatar is a cow is because
sakabatou
Feb 2018
#279
William Randolph Hearst didn't want to leave his 5 sons in charge of the family business
red dog 1
Mar 2018
#295
The oft-repeated anecdote that W.C. Fields refused to drink water "because fish fuck in it"
red dog 1
Mar 2018
#296
After making "Groundhog Day," director Harold Ramis & Bill Murray didn't speak to each other for
red dog 1
Mar 2018
#297
W.C. Fields' career in show business began in Vaudeville, where he attained international success
red dog 1
Mar 2018
#300
Jerry Garcia played steel guitar on the Brewer & Shipley song, "One Toke Over the Line"
red dog 1
Mar 2018
#312
Norma Shearer, the widow of Paramount head, Irving Thalberg, gave head to
no_hypocrisy
Mar 2018
#323
The late Senator Howard Baker was married to the daughter of Senator Everett Dirksen.
yellowdogintexas
Mar 2018
#337
Eddie Van Halen was never paid for the work he did on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album
7wo7rees
May 2018
#339
Einstein and his second wife visited northern Navajo reservation in Arizona, and had
notdarkyet
Jul 2018
#359