Most of these are from the Ultimate Lists Book Compiled by Geoff Tibballs.,
and willingly agnolidge my sources. the rest come from those listed below.
Some are from magazines, and others are from e-mail. I think that they are true, but some may
be a bit dodgy, and I'm sorry if something is horrendusly wrong and/or you take
offence at something written here.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

The comedian W.C. Feilds, flicking through the Bible: "I'm looking for a loophole."

Karl Marx, asked by his housekeeper if he had any last words of wisdom to
share with the world: "Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."

James W. Rodgers, a Utah murderer asked if he had any last requests before
faceing the firing squad: "Yes - a bullet-proof vest."

When William Palmer, a convicted prisoner stood on the trapdoor of
the gallows, his last words were "are you sure this is safe?"

MAD ROYALS

George III of Great Britan was being driven through the Windsor Great Park when
he ordered his carrage to stop. The King got out, walked over to an oak tree,
shook hands with one of its branches and talked to it for several minutes. He
thought that he was talking to the King of Prussia. He ended up in a straight-jacket.

Princess Alexandria of Bavaria was convinced that as a child she had swallowed
a full-sized grand piano. Nothing could shake her from this belief.

Ludwig II of Bavaria (Alexandria's nephew) was remembered for one paticular
thing that he ordered during his reign. He decided to reverse night and day. He
had a moon painted on his bedroom celing, and embarked on epic mountain
journeys in the dead of night in a golden sleigh. He built fairy tale castles and
was then declared unfit to rule.

King George III was declared violently insane in 1811, nine years before he died.

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Elizabeth 1 of England suffered from anthophobia, a fear of roses.

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Australian meteorologist Nils Lied, while in Antarctica, drove a golf ball 2,414 meters.

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Lady Astor once told Winston Churchill: "If you were my husband, I
would poison your coffee". His reply..."If you were my wife, I would drink it!"

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In 1935, Jesse Owens broke four world records in 45 minutes.

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Sliced bread was patented by Mrs P. Ride, a mother of five on April 1st 1954.

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If Bill Gates drops a $100 note it is not worth his time to pick it up.

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Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-Decimal catagory.

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Salvador Dali onve arrived to an art exhibition in an limousine filled with turnips.

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Cleopatra was meant to have died after a bite from an asp. However, the
species does not exist in Egypt.

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Blame Dr Seuss if you have been called a nerd. He first coined the
phrase in his book If I Ran with the Zoo.

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Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Regan.

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Sigmund Freud bought his first sample of cocaine for $1.25 per gram.

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Walt Disney was afraid of mice.