-The armadillo, the state animal of Texas, is known to spread leprosy to humans.

-The only surviving handwriting samples by William Shakespeare are six signatures and the words "by me".

-By the year 2002, 56 year old Cher had graced 22 People magazine covers.

-Four out of five members of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are women.

-Shoeless Joe Jackson's warped hickory bat fetched a record $525,100 on E-bay in 2001.

-India's version of Disney's Aladdin featured the Genie as a cricket commentator instead of a game show host.

-The first two words spoken by the Kool-Aid Man were "Oh Yeah".

-The character Jack Ryan has been played in films by Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, and Harrison Ford.

-Taco Bell was founded by ex-Marine Glen Bell.

-The soft drink 7-Up included the natural flavors of lemon, lime and horseradish when it debuted in 1929.