One in six full-size trucks sold in the U.S. are in Texas.
There’s a village in the UK’s Worcestershire district called Hollywood.
The White House has two pools and a hot tub. The first pool was built by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Richard Nixon emptied it to build what is now the Press Briefing Room. Gerald Ford had an outdoor pool built in 1975. Bill Clinton had a hot tub installed in 1997.
Courtney Love auditioned for the part of Nancy Spungen in the film Sid and Nancy, as well as for The Mickey Mouse Club.
The Landspeeder prop used by Luke Skywalker in Star Wars was built on the chassis of a short-lived, three-wheeled British car called the Bond Bug. Built by Reliant Motors, the car was not named for James Bond; Reliant had recently bought a smaller car company called Bond.
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This article appears in November 21 • 2025.