Many people believe in the Superman Curse and that bad luck will befall any actor who plays the character.
Superman saves Air Force One after it’s damaged by lightning in the first movie in which Christopher Reeve starred in the role, in 1978. Jimmy Carter, Democrat of Georgia, was President at the time.
Luthor, Superman’s arch enemy, was originally portrayed with a shock of red hair. After a couple of appearances, the was shown as being bald, something that’s been fairly consistent since (he did have a cloned body with red hair for a time, but it eventually fell out).
In its “End of the '70s” issue in 1980, Esquire magazine chose Jimmy’s brother Billy as its “Primate of the Decade.” 
When Billy Preston was credited on the Beatles recording of Get Back, he joined Tony Sheridan as the only musicians ever listed on a Beatles’ single.
The birthplace of Union war hero Gen. Phil Sheridan is disputed; he claimed to have been born to Irish immigrant parents in Albany, N.Y., but it is possible he was born either in Ireland, on the boat coming over, or in New York City.
Hibbing, Minnesota is the birthplace of the American bus industry. It sprang from the business acumen of Carl Wickman and Andrew “Bus Andy” Anderson, who opened the first bus line (with one bus) between the towns of Hibbing and Alice in 1914. It grew to become Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Alice Springs, Australia, is located in the middle of the continent because work on a north–south coast-to-coast rail line was abandoned in favor of an east–west line, but the former still needed a terminus; hence, Alice Springs!
Rugby, North Dakota is the geographic center of the North American continent.
Lincoln, Nebraska, is the geographical center of the 48 contiguous US states.
Washington state has more glaciers than the other 47 contiguous states combined.
New Boeing aircraft are traditionally photographed in flight with Washington State’s Mt. Rainier in the background.
In journalism, “deep background” refers to a source who can not be quoted in an article, but who gives information to a journalist to provide context or suggest possible leads. The journalist then is supposed to confirm the information from another attributable source before publishing the information. The most famous “deep background” source was “Deep Throat” during the Watergate scandal, who was later revealed to be Mark Felt, the Associate Director of the FBI.
When it was first formed in the early 20th century, agents of the FBI were empowered neither to carry arms nor to place anyone under arrest.
J. Edgar Hoover, longtime director of the FBI, insisted that his men be called “special agents” to distinguish them from agents of other rival Federal and state agencies. Hoover was played in a recent biopic by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Leonardo DiCaprio played opposite Johnny Depp and Juliette Lewis in 1993’s What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed Newfoundland for the Queen of England in 1583.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert – my direct ancestor – was the half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh (they shared the same mother) and was knighted for slaughtering the godless Irish.
Gilbert Gottfied was responsible for the longest game in the history of Hollywood Squares when he was the last square left and was called on 113 times before a contestant got the square. YOU FOOL video.
Steve Allen wrote lyrics for the original “Hollywood Squares” theme (there were two, back in the late '60s and early '70s) and titled it “That Silly Song.” It was sung by HS original host Peter Marshall on an episode of Steve’s syndicated chat/variety show.
A couple of weeks later, the theme for HS was changed without any warning or explanation.