Orthodox rabbis warned that New York City drinking water might not be kosher; it contains harmless micro-organisms that are technically shellfish.

While filming the movie Scream, the director kept telling Drew Barrymore real-life stories of animal cruelty to keep her crying and looking scared.

Justin Timberlake was the voice behind the McDonald’s phrase “I’m Lovin’ It” and he was paid $6 million for the song.

McAfee has named actress Lily Collins this year’s “most dangerous celebrity to search for on the web.” It was Emma Watson last year.

Richard Hatch, winner of the first “Survivor” reality series, has been charged with tax evasion for failing to report his $1,000,000 prize.

The best-selling work of fiction of the 15th century was “The Tale of the Two Lovers”, an erotic novel by the man who later became Pope Pius II.

Buddhist monk Ram Bahadur Bomjon mediated for 10 months without food or water. To challenge this claim, NatGeo filmed him for 5 days straight. He never moved.

The most senoir crayon maker Emerson Moser retired after making 1.4 billion crayons for Crayola. It was then that he revealed that he was actually colorblind.

Lady Astor once told Winston Churchill ‘if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee’. His reply ‘ if you were my wife, I would drink it!

The 27 Club refers to popular musicians like Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Amy Winehouse, who have prematurely died at the age of 27.

To prove that stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria and not stress, Barry Marshall drank bacterium, developed stomach ulcers, and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

The estates of 22 dead celebrities earned over $5 million in 2004. These celebrities include Elvis Presley, Dr. Seuss, Charles Schulz, J.R.R. Tolkien and John Lennon.

Natalie Portman is fluent in 6 languages. She co-authored 2 research papers, published in scientific journals, She was also a guest lecturer at a Columbia University course.

The song “Wake Me Up When September Ends” was dedicated towards singer Billie Joe Armstrong’s father who died of cancer in September when Billie was a child.

George W. Bush, who presents himself as a man of faith, rarely goes to church. Yet he received votes from nearly two out of three voters who attend church at least once a week.