The white, bubbly wine which
we know as Champagne was not
always so. The colour, initially, was
a variable of pinkish brown like onion
skin.
More significantly, there were
no bubbles since it was believed that
bubbles would ruin the wine!
Barack Obama
had to persuade
Michelle for almost
a month to go out
on a date. When
she finally agreed,
they went out for
dinner, followed
by the Spike Lee
film Do The
Right Thingh me
While most suffer from
a phobia of lizards,
Angelina Jolie, who
played an animated
killer lizard in Beowulf,
counts them and snakes
as her favourite animals
As President, John F Kennedy
was worried that a priest might
recognise his voice and reveal
the contents of his confession in
the church. So, he would line up
with Catholic Secret Service men
in an attempt
to avoid recognition
Swimmer Michael Phelps, the only
person in the history of Olympics to win
eight gold medals at a single game
(Beijing 2008), suffered from Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as a child
Russian ballerina Anna
Pavlova, best known for her
enactment of The Dying
Swan, which evokes the last
moments in the life of a
swan, said, ‘Get my swan
costume ready’ as she lay
on her death bed. While
holding her costume, she
spoke her last words, ‘Play
the last measure very softly’
Known more
for her looks
than tennis,
Anna Kournikova
is reported to
have said, “I am
like an expensive
menu... you can
look but you can
not afford!”
Hollywood’s most eligible
bachelor, 47-year-old
George Clooney, famously
bet Nicole Kidman and
Michelle Pfeiffer $10,000
each saying he would
be unmarried and childless when he turned 40 in 2001.Now, he has
bet double the amount on
staying single till 50
For all its grandeur
and imposing resence,
Roman Colosseum, one
of the wonders of the
world, has witnessed
the death of nearly
500,000 people and over
a million wild animals
during gladiatorial
games, animal hunts
and executions
