The Baja California peninsula consists of two states, Baja California and Baja California Sur
Wellington, New Zealand born actor Russell Crowe’s mitochondrial DNA is Maori (his mother’s mother’s mother’s mother having been Maori).
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Mexican actor Demian Bichir plays Esteban Reyes, the crimelord mayor of Tiajuana and the third husband of Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise Parker) who is running for governor of Baja California, on the ShowTime series Weeds.
Tijuana, Baja Calfornia is considered the busiest land-border crossing in the world.
The 5500 mile+ U.S./Canadian border is the longest demilitarized border in the world due to the demilitarization of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain under the Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817.
The song “Blame Canada” from South Park: Bigger Longer, & Uncut, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song and was sung by Robin Williams at the ceremony.
Curses, foiled again.
Robin Williams was a cast member of the ill-fated new Laugh In- before he starred as Mork on Mork & Mindy.
Mork always wore rainbow-striped suspenders.
“Rainbow Head” as he was known, is serving three consecutive life sentences on kidnapping charges.
Richard Bruno Hauptmann was convicted and executed for the infamous Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping.
[Or is it Bruno Richard Hauptmann??
The Lindbergh kidnapping, or rather a very highly fictionalized account thereof, was the inspiration for Agathie Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express.
Desert Storm Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf’s dad led the New Jersey State Police investigation of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping
Desert storms can cause deadly flash floods; thus the saying that more people drown in the desert than die of thirst.
When Alexander the Great marched his army through the Gedrosian Desert he reversed their sleeping schedules so that they camped and slept in daytime and marched at night. (It helped them cope with the heat but the march was still a disaster.)
Aristotle was personal tutor to young Alexander the Great.
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest university in Greece.
Greek-American actor Aristotelis “Telly” Savalas was the godfather of Jennifer Anniston, who is the daughter of his close friend actor John Anniston (born Yannis Anastassakis).
When former Mass. Gov. Mike Dukakis tried to cultivate his fellow Greek-Americans for his successful political comeback, some snide State House denizens wore buttons that read, “I knew Mike Dukakis before he was Greek.”
Mike Dukakis’s cousin Olympia is married to Lou Zorich, a character actor best known for playing the Constable in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and Paul Reiser’s father on MAD ABOUT YOU.
Olympia was the site of the classical Olympic games of ancient Greece, beginning in 776 BC.