Famous people who have been hit with pies:

• Pat Buchanan, politician and columnist (hit with a salad)
• Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, monarch
• Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and chairman
• Jean-Luc Godard, filmmaker
• Calvin Klein, clothing designer
• Helmut Kohl, former chancellor of Germany
• Ralph Nader, American Green party politician
• Oscar de la Renta, fashion designer
• William Shatner, then-Star Trek star
• Jeffrey Skilling, Enron CEO
• Sylvester Stallone, action movie star
• Andy Warhol, artist

Giraffes sleep only two hours a day.

Heights of famous females:

• Dr. Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist, 4 feet 7 inches
• Linda Hunt, actress, 4 feet 9 inches
• Charlotte Brontë, novelist, 4 feet 10 inches
• Tammy Faye Bakker, televangelist, 4 feet 11 inches
• Barbara Boxer, U.S. senator, 4 feet 11 inches
• Dorothy Parker, author, 4 feet 11 inches
• Laura Ingalls Wilder, author, 4 feet 11 inches
• Lil’ Kim, rapper, 4 feet 11 in
• Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, 5 feet
• Gracie Allen, actress, 5 feet
• Kylie Minogue, musician, 5 feet
• Dolly Parton, actress and muscian, 5 feet
• Mary Pickford, actress, 5 feet
• Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic nun, 5 feet
• Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, 5 feet
• Mae West, actress, 5 feet

The average guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns cuts his hair, shaves twice, and spends eight hours preparing his uniform for each day’s work. (Thanks to MysticWolf for this one.)

At its peak, during World War II, Fort Knox held enough pure gold to make 90 Statues of Liberty.

Pago Pago has always been known locally as Pango Pango.

When U.S. Navy officers first wrote to Washington from the island territory, they used a typewriter with a defective “N” key.