The wholesome Twiggy (Twiggy Lawson) was an extra in Ken Russell’s very unwholesome movie, The Devils.
Lindsay Lohan likes carrot juice.
A 2014 University of Iowa study done over 10 years and sampling almost 60,000 women determined that women who drink two or more diet drinks a day are 30% more likely to have a cardiovascular event and 50% more likely to die from related diseases.
Patricia Yang, David Hu, Jonathan Pham, and Jerome Choo are the 2015 winners of the Ig Nobel Prize for Physics. They determined that all mammals need about 21 seconds (plus or minus 13 seconds) to empty their bladders. The Ig Nobel Prize is a parody of the Nobel Prize.
Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden was Charlie Chaplin’s nephew. The band’s 1968 hit song “Lather” was written by Grace Slick in honor of his 30th birthday.
This article appears in November 20 • 2015.