According to one source, Queen Elizabeth II eats cereal (Cheerios) at breakfast direct from a Tupperware bowl so she can keep any leftovers fresh.

In 1958, U.S. General Homer Boushey advocated putting nuclear missiles on the moon, forgetting that it would take them three days to reach the Earth.

The moons of Sir Francis Bacon and Queen Elizabeth I were both in Taurus, making both tremendously strong-minded.

During a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to New Zealand, a Maori mooned the queen. His defense in court was that it was a traditional Maori form of protest and he could therefore not be charged with indecent exposure.

The moon does not have a magnetic north pole. And neither do Queen Elizabeth I or II.

This article appears in December 16 • 2005.

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