Marie Antoinette laughed at the Marquis de Lafayette’s awkwardness on the dance floor and his inability to hold his liquor.

They make toupees for dachshunds.

The late James J. Jordan Jr. came up with advertising slogans such as, “Schaefer is the one beer to have when you’re having more than one,” “Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch,” “Delta is ready when you are,” and “Wisk beats ring around the collar.”

Some red eye gravy recipes call for coffee, some call for whiskey, and some call for both, but all seem to call for ham drippings.

While attending Seminole State Junior College, in Seminole, Okla., Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and French Canadian Eric Gagne learned English in part by watching episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond and Mad About You.

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