Claire Danes has a swing in her apartment. “My parents had a swing, a trapeze and a trampoline in their apartment, I was inspired by that”

Jennifer Love Hewitt sent Matt Damon an inflatable bed because she read he didn’t feel like he has a bed of his own. She never heard back and now, he “looks at me a little weird”.

Keira Knightley was Queen Amidala’s decoy in Star Wars: Episode 1 though the film was promoted as if Natalie Portman played both roles.

Even though she appears in ads for Tommy Hilfiger’s True Star fragrances, Beyonce is reportedly allergic to perfume.

When he was little, Ben Affleck asked his mom for a dog and she tested him by making him walk an imaginary pup for a week. In the end, he only lasted five days and didn’t get the dog.

Liberally governed US States have much less freedoms.

The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece.

Franklin D. Roosevelt had the longest term of office: 12 years. Roosevelt had three vice presidents serve during his four terms: John Nance Garner (1933-1941), Henry Wallace (1941-1945), Harry Truman (1945).

The candidate who ran the most times was Norman Thomas. He ran six times from 1928 and didn’t win any. Thomas ran for presidency in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944 and 1948.

The United Nations organization (UN) was founded in 1945.

Only Richard Nixon served two terms as Vice President and also was elected to two terms as President.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was also the first president to appear on T.V.

John Quincy Adams was the only American president who was also a published poet.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s wife Eleanor Roosevelt ate three chocolate-covered garlic balls every morning. Her doctor recommended this to improve her memory.

The first president to visit both Alaska and Canada while president was Warren Gamaliel Harding, who visited Metlakahtha, Alaska, in July 8, 1923, and Vancouver, British Columbia in July 26, 1923. He sailed on the U.S. naval transport Henderson.

Ulysses Simpson Grant was the first president whose parents were both alive when he was inaugurated.

Early in her career, Whitney Houston sang the jingle used in commercials for Bounce fabric sheets.

Eva Longoria starred in the 2004 flick Carlita’s Secret, a crime drama in which she shared a same-sex smooch with actress Maria Bravo. “It was the most fun I’ve ever had kissing somebody”.

Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey began his career as a juggling unicycle-riding clown.

In 1985, a four year old Alicia Keys appeared on The Cosby Show as one of the guests at Rudy’s slumber party.

Mariah Carey was nicknamed “Mirage” in high school because she never showed up for class.

Gerald Ford assumed the presidency following the resignation of Richard Nixon.

David “Screaming Lord Sutch”, as leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party, was Britain’s longest serving party leader until he hung himself in June 1999.

Half the world’s population earns about 5% of the world’s wealth.

George Washington was the first president under the US constitution of 1789. However, the US was an independent nation for 13 years before the Constitution was signed. For one year during this time John Hanson served as “President of the US in Congress assembled.” Technically, he was the first president of the United States.

India is the world’s largest democracy with more than 600 million voters.

14 of the 45 vice presidents have become president:
5 vice presidents have been elected to the presidency: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, Richard Nixon, and George Bush.
4 vice presidents assumed the presidency after the president was assassinated: Andrew Johnson, Chester Authur, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson.
4 vice presidents assumed the presidency after the president died of natural causes: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Calvin Coolidge, and Harry Truman.