The Presidents of the United States (or Pot USA or PUSA) are an alt-rock band from Seattle, growing from a typical high-school garage band into one that has been nominated for two Grammys. Their best-known hit is “Lump”, which was satirized by Weird Al Yankovic as “Gump”.
The largest contiguous National Historic Landmark in the USA is the Madison Historic Landmark District. It covers 133 blocks of the downtown of Madison, Indiana, an Ohio River city and the seat of Jefferson County.
President James Madison’s nickname was “little Jemmy” (with an “e”).
Dolley Madison’s sister, Lucy Payne, married George Steptoe Washington, a nephew of President Washington.
“Steptoe and Son” was a BBC sitcom about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd’s Bush, London. It was remade by NBC as “Sanford and Son”, starring Redd Foxx.
One of the reasons bagpipes are played with drums is that the two instruments complement each other well.
The pipes have strong melody but weak rhythm, while a drum has strong rhythm but little melody.
The other reason is that both are nice and loud. 
Campus legend has it that a bagpipe-performance major must always be offered at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., as required by the school’s principal benefactor, Andrew Carnegie. There have been many years in a row when no one is thus majoring.
The three rivers of Pittsburgh are the Allegheny and Monongahela which come together and form the Ohio River. A few miles upriver along the Monongahela is where San Francisco 49ers QB Joe Montana grew up, in Monongahela, PA. A few miles downriver from Pittsburgh, along the Beaver River (which is a tributary of the Ohio River), is where New York Jets QB Joe Namath grew up, in Beaver Falls, PA.
In the film The Hunt for Red October, Ramius’ first officer (played by Sam Neill) wanted to live in Montana upon defecting to the U.S.
The October Revolution in Russia actually occurred in November in the rest of the world – Russia was still on the Julian calendar at the time.
The names of September, October, November, and December derive from when they were the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months of the Roman calendar.
Quarterback Roman Gabriel and defensive tackle Merlin Olsen of the Los Angeles Rams co-starred with John Wayne and Rock Hudson in the Western The Undefeated.
140 distinct cultures live in Los Angeles County.
Chicago, near and dear to the hearts of (practically) all Dopers, is in Cook County, Illinois.
Barbara Cook, who later became better known as a voice coach than as a performer, was the original Marian the Librarian on Broadway in “The Music Man”, opposite Robert Preston as Professor Harold Hill.
Harold II was the last Saxon King of England. He successfully defended his title in the wild-card round, defeating Harald III Hardarada, at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in September 1066.
Advancing to the finals, he was defeated by William the Bastard, losing both his title and his life at the Battle of Hastings on October 1066. William was aided in his quest for the title by a favourable pre-match ruling from the umpire, Alexander II.
Bud Cort was offered $75,000 plus a percentage of the film’s proceeds for Harold and Maude but negotiated instead for a guaranteed $100,000 and a back-end deal that capped at $50,000. The decision benefited him in the first few years as the film was a box office disappointment, but in the coming decades he would have earned millions as it achieved cult status and a huge seller for home video.
“Maude” was a spinoff from Norman Lear’s “All in the Family”, as were “The Jeffersons” and “Archie Bunker’s Place”.
The Empress Matilda, also known as Maude, grand-daughter of William the Bastard, attempted to become Queen of England in her own right. She was defeated in this quest by her cousin, King Stephen of Blois, another of William’s grandchildren. However, Matilda’s son, Henry II, succeeded Stephen. Matilda is thus the ancestress of all subsequent English and then British monarchs.
Benjamin Disraeli bestowed upon England’s Queen Victoria the new title Empress of India.