The richest self-made American under 40 is Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Computers. He is worth $18 billion.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never phoned his wife or his mother. They were both deaf.

Before Prohibition, Schlitz Brewery owned more property in Chicago than anyone else, except The Catholic Church.

The man who once had the longest beard in the world died when he broke his neck after accidently stepping on it.

The last two living Beatles also happen to be two left-handed members of the group: Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

Chrysippus, the Greek philosopher, died of laughter after getting his donkey drunk and watching it try to eat figs.

Van Halen singer David Lee Roth trained to be an EMT in New York City, and planned to be certified by November 2004.

After becoming famous, Kurt Cobain used his image to advocate rights for women, homosexuals, misfits and minorities.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf

The mask used by Micheal Myers in the original “Holloween” was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white

When the “Elephant Whisperer” Lawrence Anthony died, a heard of elephants arrived at his house to mourn him.

A founder of FedEx once saved the company by taking its last $5,000 and turning it into $32,000 by gambling in Las Vegas.

The Parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak

Misawo Okawa, born 5 March 1898, is the world’s oldest living person. Her son and daughter are both over the age of 90.

Henry III had a pet polar bear which he kept in the tower of London and let out for swims in the Thames on the end of a rope.