In 2007, Indonesian President Yudhoyono put out My Longing For You, an album of love songs he'd written, performed by various artists.
Famous people who have a twin: Gisele Bundchen (sister Patricia), Alanis Morissette (brother Wade), Scarlett Johansson (brother Hunter).
Betty Crocker wasn't a real person, but Duncan Hines was. He was a popular restaurant critic who also wrote a book of hotel recommendations.
During WWII, Josephine Baker smuggled photos of German military installations out of enemy territory by pinning them to her underwear.
New York Yankees announcer Michael Kay claims he's never eaten a condiment (except a ketchup packet he ate after losing a bet).
A liger is a real animal -- the offspring of a female tiger & male lion. Ligers are the world's largest cats, and they can weigh up to 900 lbs.
On February 15, 1921 Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane performed an appendectomy on himself in order to prove the usefulness of local anesthesia for surgery.
Before modern diagnostic techniques were developed, doctors would diagnose diabetes in their patients by actually tasting a small urine sample to see if it tasted "sweet" due to excess glucose.
Only one person has ever survived rabies without being vaccinated first: Jeanna Giese, a 15-year-old Wisconsin girl, who lived by being put in a coma and given antivirals.
Ozzy Osborne's metal band Black Sabbath was formerly known as The Polka Turk Blues Company.
