According to one source, the key to prolonging a cat’s life is to include broccoli and coffee in its diet.
Authoritarian governments (Saxony in 1793 and France in 1852) were known to suppress puppet shows on the grounds that they sowed political unrest.
Russians drink the equivalent of 15 liters of pure alcohol per head annually, one of the highest rates in the world. Some experts estimate that one in seven Russians is an alcoholic. Last year, an estimated 40,000 Russians died from alcohol poisoning.
During the filming of The Wizard of Oz, the dog that played Toto was unavailable for two weeks after being stepped on by a cast member.
E.L. Dohoney, the man responsible for the free speech section in the Texas Constitution, was a communist.
This article appears in December 19 • 2003.