- Beethoven's Fifth, was the first symphony to include trombones.
- Before it was stopped by the British, it was the not uncommon for women in some areas of India to choose to be burnt alive on their husband's funeral pyre.
- Before Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat was the most popular cartoon character.
- Before the Second World War, it was considered a sacrilege to even touch an Emperor of Japan.
- Ben and Jerry's send the waste from making ice cream to local hog farmers to
- Benjamin Franklin was first to suggest daylight saving.
- Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and many other famous vocalists got their start in a New York City club called The Continental Baths.
- Betty Grable's legs were insured for one million dollars.
- Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney collected thirty-five Oscars.
- Between the two World War's, France was controlled by forty different governments.
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