According to The Sun, half of British youngsters do not know the queen is head of the Commonwealth, and one in 10 British thinks George W. Bush is their leader.

According to one theory, the phrase “hubba hubba” was first used by U.S. Air Force personnel during World War II; they got it from Chinese pilots training in Florida using the greeting, “How pu how.”

Dee Snider has said the melody to Twisted Sister’s hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” is a variation on the hymn “Oh Come, All Ye Faithful.”

In 1976, a man used the pen name Dorothy Vanderbilt to write a book on sex tips for women called Finders Keepers. His true identity was David Duke, ex-Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

Winston Churchill had a cat named Jock who was privy to many wartime cabinet meetings.

This article appears in May 30 • 2008.

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