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59. Really?

Reply to Botany (Reply #58)

Fri Oct 5, 2018, 04:25 PM

Oct 2018

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Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead -- Part 7 [View all] red dog 1 Aug 2018 OP

John Lennon was Best Man at Peter Boyle's wedding Raven123 Aug 2018 #1

Interesting! red dog 1 Aug 2018 #3

Think about it . . . . . John Lennon was Best Man at the wedding of the actor no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #97

Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven, never graduated from grammar school. dameatball Aug 2018 #2

He was an amazing guy! red dog 1 Aug 2018 #4

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Hunter S. Thompson was nearly beaten to death by a group of Hells Angels in 1964. Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #7

On page 20 of Confederate General James Longstreet's memoirs, he Yupster Aug 2018 #8

Art Bell died of an accidental drug overdose, red dog 1 Aug 2018 #9

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Sarah Silverman became a vegetarian at age 10 red dog 1 Aug 2018 #14

In the 1960s, while the Beatles were still touring, they ended an Asia tour in the Philippines, red dog 1 Aug 2018 #15

I remember reading about this in the local newspaper. There was also a photo showing the Beatles skylucy Oct 2018 #77

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Comedian Jim Gaffigan played varsity football at both Georgetown and Purdue red dog 1 Sep 2018 #16

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Rosa Parks used to shop, like a normal person, at Harbortown Market on Jefferson in Detroit trixie2 Sep 2018 #18

Inspired by the music of Lonnie Donegan, George Harrison formed a skiffle group called red dog 1 Sep 2018 #19

Following an attack in his home by a crazed assailant with a kitchen knife in 1999, red dog 1 Sep 2018 #20

Lucille Ball of "I Love Lucy" fame made the original decision to finance the show "Star Trek" in Stuart G Sep 2018 #21

Interesting! red dog 1 Sep 2018 #22

Mama Cass Elliot and The Who's Keith Moon both died in the same room, at the same age, 32 red dog 1 Sep 2018 #23

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John died in the same hospital he was born in TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #49

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Mort Sahl is still alive red dog 1 Sep 2018 #27

Tom Waits lives in Sonoma County, CA. red dog 1 Sep 2018 #28

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Have you ever seen "Harvard beats Yale 29-29"? underpants Oct 2018 #51

I'll see if I can borrow a copy from the library red dog 1 Oct 2018 #52

Found it YouTube. 84 minutes. underpants Oct 2018 #64

Harlan Ellison had gargoyles mounted around the outside of his house red dog 1 Sep 2018 #30

Barbra Streisand and chess master Bobby Fischer attended the same high school. edbermac Sep 2018 #31

Buzz Aldrin was the first man to urinate on the lunar surface. edbermac Sep 2018 #32

Interesting! red dog 1 Sep 2018 #34

Donald J. Trump was the first man to pay a Russian hooker to urinate on a hotel bed in Moscow red dog 1 Sep 2018 #38

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Neil Young's new band, "The Promise of the Real" includes Willie Nelson's son, Lukas Nelson red dog 1 Sep 2018 #39

Neal Cassady lived briefly with The Grateful Dead red dog 1 Sep 2018 #40

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John Lennon and Harry Nilsson were once thrown out of The Troubadour in L.A. for their red dog 1 Sep 2018 #43

Young J.D. Salinger wanted more than anything to sell a short story to The New Yorker red dog 1 Sep 2018 #44

John Punch, the first documented African slave Boomerproud Sep 2018 #45

Ginger Baker has been married four times and has fathered three children red dog 1 Sep 2018 #46

In the car crash that killed him, Eddie Cochran threw himself over his fiance to shield her, red dog 1 Oct 2018 #47

General Tom Thumb was a dwarf who achieved great fame under circus pioneer P.T. Barnum red dog 1 Oct 2018 #48

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Ha! osmium Oct 2018 #76

something I did not know until earlier this week about Bradley Cooper.... Thomas Hurt Oct 2018 #56

Ted Williams was John Glen's wing man in Korea. Botany Oct 2018 #58

Really? red dog 1 Oct 2018 #59

Ted Williams also served in World War 2 as a Naval Aviator red dog 1 Oct 2018 #62

Marine Aviator Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2018 #75

Well, not exactly. red dog 1 Oct 2018 #81

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I updated my reply red dog 1 Oct 2018 #85

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After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995, Bob Weir founded and played with several bands, red dog 1 Oct 2018 #61

Joe DiMaggio was a bomber pilot in WW2 and in the Korean War red dog 1 Oct 2018 #63

I think that information might be wrong. Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2018 #79

Thanks for that correction red dog 1 Oct 2018 #82

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Richard Nixon's choice for Secretary of the Interior was Alaska governor Walter J. Hickel red dog 1 Oct 2018 #66

Warren Zevon's father, William Zevon, worked as a bookie for L.A. mobster Mickey Cohen red dog 1 Oct 2018 #67

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Taylor Swift is one of the best selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million red dog 1 Oct 2018 #69

Jefferson Airplane were headliners of the three most famous rock festivals of the 1960s.. red dog 1 Oct 2018 #70

Steve McQueen's father was a stunt pilot red dog 1 Oct 2018 #71

David Carradine tried to hang himself when he was only 5-years-old red dog 1 Oct 2018 #72

Well, that wasn't the last time he tried. . . Mazeltov Cocktail Jul 2019 #99

He died in Bangkok, Thailand of "accidental asphyxiation" while shooting a film titled "Stretch" red dog 1 Jul 2019 #100

J.D. Salinger published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980. red dog 1 Oct 2018 #73

Muddy Waters' real name was McKinley Morganfield red dog 1 Oct 2018 #74

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Harlan Ellison ran away with the circus nt Buzz cook Oct 2018 #80

HARLAN ELLISON: "I never found a circus..But I found the ragbag carny those in the circuit red dog 1 Oct 2018 #87

Jimmy Stewart remained in the reserves after WW2 Raven123 Oct 2018 #86

What a great actor! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #88

Jerry Garcia often got into fights while in high school red dog 1 Oct 2018 #89

Robin Williams film debut was "Can I Do It..'Til I Need Glasses?" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #90

Director, Robert Altman's 14 year-old son made more money writing the lyrics to Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #91

Actor, comedian, and Tonight Show writer Pat McCormick appeared in more that 20 movies red dog 1 Oct 2018 #92

The Ed Sullivan Show was originally named :Toast of the Town" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #93

During WWll, Joseph Heller (Catch 22) flew 60 combat missions as a B-25 bombardier red dog 1 Oct 2018 #94

William Randolph Hearst was once a U.S. Congressman red dog 1 Oct 2018 #95

Lou Reed's first recording was when he was 16 in a band called "The Jades" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #96