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- President Teddy Roosevelt died from an "infected tooth."
- George Washington was deathly afraid of being buried alive. After he died, he wanted to be laid out for three days just to make sure he was dead.
- Theodore Roosevelt was the only U.S. president to deliver an inaugural address without using the word "I". Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower tied for second place, using "I" only once in their inaugural addresses.
- A short time before Lincoln's assassination, he dreamed he was going to die, and he related his dream to the Senate.
- George Washington had to borrow money so he could travel to his inauguration.
- Theodore Roosevelt was blind in his left eye.
- George Washington died the last hour of the last day of the last week of the last month of the last year of the 18th century.
- George Washington died after being bled by leeches.
- Jonathan Davis, lead singer for Korn, played in his high school bagpipe band.
- First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ate three chocolate-covered garlic balls every morning. Her doctor suggested this to improve her memory.
- Rap artist Sean "Puffy" Combs had his first job at age two when he modeled in an ad for Baskin-Robbins ice-cream shops.
- Steven Spielberg is Drew Barrymore's godfather. After seeing her nude in Playboy magazine, he sent her a blanket with a note telling her to cover herself up.
- Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate Army, remains the only person, to date, to have graduated from the West Point military academy without a single demerit.
- After telling the press he was an expert in hand gestures, President George Bush gave the "V-for-Victory" sign as he drove in his armored limousine past demonstrators in Canberra, Australia's capital in January 1992. In Australia, holding up two fingers to form a "V" has the same vulgar meaning as the middle-finger gesture in the United States. The Aussie demonstrators were enraged, and they signaled in the same manner back at the U.S. President. Pres. Bush later apologized for his faux pas.
- Prince Harry and Prince William are uncircumcised.
- Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time.
- Did you know that Goofy actually started life as 'Dippy Dawg,' a combination of both Goofy and Pluto.
- Felix the Cat is the first cartoon character to ever have been made into a balloon for a parade.
- Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
- Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
- By age 16, Andre the Giant (who's real name is Andre Russimof) was 6'10' tall. He had a rare glandular disorder that made his body continue to grow. Even as he died, his body was still growing.
- Recording star Vanilla Ice's real name is Robert Van Winkle.
- King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.
- Mickey Mouse was the first non-human to win an Oscar.
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