Arthur was considered a political lightweight compared to President Garfield. When he succeeded to the presidency on Garfield’s death, one of his own friends was heard to say: “Chet Arthur as President of the United States! My God!”
In a deleted scene from the movie Zombieland, when Bill Murray is dying he is asked if he has any regrets. He answers “Garfield.”
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The main characters in Zombieland all go by the names of the cities they’re from, hence: Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock.
One of the claims to fame of Florida State University in Tallahassee is the circus college. They literally have a school that trains circus performers and clowns.
… fittingly for a state capitol. 
Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon (Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr.), best known for his songs “Palisades Park” and “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans”, also charted with “Tallahassee Lassie”. Despite the more-southern orientation of his corpus of work, he was actually from the Massachusetts North Shore (born Swampscott, raised Lynn).
Humorist Dave Barry, in referring the antics and idiocies of the Florida legislature, often refers to “the philosopher-kings of Tallahassee.”
Harlan Ellison’s first produced TV script was for Burke’s Law, starring Gene Barry. Those who know Ellison might be amused by the fact that one character in the script was name Cordwainer Bird (played by Sammy Davis, Jr.); Ellison later used the name as a pseudonym when he didn’t want his name on a work due to interference.
Edmund Burke strongly urged that the British government seek reconciliation with the American colonies and not attempt to tax them, which he viewed as contrary to British constitutional principles, as they had no representation in the British Parliament.
The ill-fated SS Edmund Fitzgerald of song and story started its misfortunes early on: she suffered a series of mishaps during her launch: it took three attempts to break the champagne bottle used to christen her, and she collided with a pier when she entered the water.
Edward “Ed” FitzGerald, a Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, is a former FBI agent, prosecutor, city councilman and mayor, and is currently County Executive of Cuyahoga County.
Lydia Chapin Taft, voted in an official New England Open Town Meeting, at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, on October 30, 1756, thus becoming the first woman to ever officially cast an American vote. Her descendants include the Ohio political Taft family and singer Harry Chapin.
Harry Chapin’s brother Tom is also a singer. His CD’s of children’s music include Family Tree.
Harry Truman served as a captain of the Missouri National Guard’s artillery during World War I, was very popular with his men, and stayed in touch with them until the day he died.
Truman’s joined the Ku Klux Klan early on in his political career, when he was told it would help him. He paid $10. When a Klan member showed up and told him he had to discriminate by race and religion, Truman gave him his $10 back and quit.
On the set of The Truman Show (1998), people were forbidden from uttering phrases from Jim Carrey’s past “silly” movies.
Jim Carrey’s daughter, Jane Currey, was a contestant on American Idol in 2012.
Billy Idol, born William Michael Albert Broad, took his stage name from a bad paper he made in school. In the margin, his teacher had written a short note to his parents: “Billy is Idle.” Billy took that as his name, but changed it to “Idol” so not to be confused with actor Eric Idle.
Billy Dee Williams’s full name is actually William December Williams, Jr.
Actress Michelle Williams collects rare books and owns a first edition of The Great Gatsby among others.
The Boston Red Sox, which finished last in the American League East with a 69–93 record in 2012—26 games behind the Yankees, became the 11th team in major league history to go from worst to first the next season when they clinched the A.L. East division title on September 21, 2013.