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Future actor Tommy Lee Jones and future Vice President Al Gore were roomies at Harvard University.
Wiki: “Erich Segal, the author of Love Story, said that he based the lead character of Oliver on the two undergrad roommates he knew while attending Harvard, Jones and Gore.”
Erich Segal was credited as one of the writers for the movie Yellow Submarine.
Queen Elizabeth II really enjoyed Yellow Submarine when it was first released, and saw it several times at Buckingham Palace.
As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police recently did duty guarding the Queen at Buckingham Palace, the first non-British, non-military group to be given that honour.
The motto of the RCMP is “Maintain the Right,” not “We Always Get Our Man.”*
*Sounds GAY to me…
The motto of the Order of the Garter is “Honi soit qui mal y pense” which roughly translates to “Anyone who thinks evil of it should be ashamed.” It is said to derive from an incident when a noblewoman lost her garter while dancing. It was returned to her by the king (Edward III), to the laughter of other courtiers. He said the words to chastise those who found it funny.
In mediaeval times, both men and women wore garters to hold up their hose.
Hockey players wear garter belts to hold up their socks. Not stockings. At least most of them. Although I suppose one never knows for sure.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Not in Canada, anyway.
The common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is the only snake indigenous to Alaska.
Hawaii has no snakes, rabies or billboards.
Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii during the term of President John F. Kennedy. During Obama’s 2008 campaign for the Presidency, U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Caroline Kennedy, the late President’s brother and daughter, both endorsed Obama at a rally.
Oh yeah? Where’s the proof? :D;)
As home to Iolani Palace, Honolulu is the only state capital to have an actual royal palace.
The French equivalent to the English term, “court house”, is “palais de justice” [“palace of justice”]. Talk about the majesty of the law!
The first monarchs to use the title “Your Majesty” were Charles V, HRE; Francis I of France; and Henry VIII of England.
Henry VIII didn’t divorce any of his wives. His marriages to Catherine of Aragon (due to incest*) and Anne of Cleves (due to non-consummation) were both annulled instead.
*Catherine was the widow of Henry’s brother; marrying her was considered incest at that time.
Princess Anne, the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, holds the title of Princess Royal.
Queen Anne, the last monarch of the Stuart line, was also the first monarch of Great Britain. Her coat of arms was changed to reflect her new status.
Stuart Little, E.B. White’s first children’s book, was originally illustrated by Garth Williams, who later became famous for illustrating Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books.