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In Queen Victoria's time it was a crime to be a male homosexual. It was not a crime for women because Queen Victoria said "women would never do such a thing".
Facts in category: People
| Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. |
| Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas was the eight-year-old girl who, in 1897, asked the staff of The New York Sun whether Santa Claus existed. In the now-famous editorial, Francis Church assured Virginia that yes, indeed, "there is a Santa Claus." |
| Henry Ford flatly stated that history is "bunk." |
| Elvis Presley died at the age of 42. Elvis' father died at age 42. |
| Jimi Hendrix was born in 1942. |
| The most murders by a woman are 612, by Countess Erzsebet Bathory of Hungary. |
| Only 1/3 of the people that can twitch their ears can twitch only one at a time. |
| Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain was born on a day in 1835 when Haley's Comet came into view. When He died in 1910, Haley's Comet came into view again. |
| Alabama was the birthplace of the actress Tallulah Bankhead at Huntsville in 1902. Between 1923 and 1968 she is said to have slept with 40% of the British aristocracy. |
| Adolf Hitler wanted to be an architect, but he failed the entrance exam at the architectural school in Vienna. |
| Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash. |
| Many Japanese golfers carry "hole-in-one" insurance, because it is traditional in Japan to share one's good luck by sending gifts to all your friends when you get an "ace." The price for what the Japanese term an "albatross" can often reach $10,000. |
| Charlie Brown's dad was a barber. |
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