When Catherine di Medici was Queen of France, she kept a 'Flying Squadron' of 80 women who slept with powerful men to learn their secrets. |
Audrey Hepburn was able to speak English, Spanish, Dutch, Italian and French fluently. |
Actor Zach Galifianakis is also a skilled pianist. |
Adam Levine is ambidextrous. He writes and draws with his left hand but prefers his right hand for most of other activities. |
The band name *NSYNC was derived from the last letter of five band member's names - JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, JasoN, JC. |
Jackie Chan's parents tried to sell him to the British doctor who delivered him for $26. |
Salman Khan likes to collect soaps. In his bathroom, there is a collection of all kinds of handmade and herbal soaps. His favorites are soaps made from natural fruit and vegetable extracts. |
Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, became the first First Lady to hold her own press conferences. For her first press conference in 1933, Roosevelt had one simple rule: Only female reporters would be allowed to attend. Roosevelt established this rule to ensure that newspapers would have to hire more female journalists. |
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor. |
Steve Jobs was adopted. His biological father was Abdulfattah John Jandali, a Syrian Muslim. |