Tom Brokaw once had a speech impediment.

According to an article in The New Yorker, Lee Harvey Oswald’s old
drinking buddy in Minsk was Mikhail Gorbachev.

In 1928, British novelist Evelyn Waugh married Evelyn Gardner. Friends referred
to the couple as He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn.

The onion was very popular with the ancient Egyptians and Hebrews. Near the
Gulf of Suez, in the year 172 BC, the Hebrews built the city Onias (translates
to “onion”), which existed for about 250 years.

A Broadway tradition that began in 1950 still lives: On the opening night of
every musical, a ceremonial Gypsy Robe is awarded to the chorus member who has
appeared in more Broadway shows than anyone else in the cast.

This article appears in August 30 • 1996 and August 30 • 1996 (Cover).

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