Saturday, August 11, 2007

True Facts!

Elton John wrote the song "Tiny Dancer" as a tribute to tennis player Martina Navratilova.




Also:

(Member of the 60s pop band "The Monkees") Peter Tork's mom invented popular drain cleaning product "Liquid Plumr."

And:

Elizabeth Mary "Tipper" Gore's roommate at Boston University was pop singer Rickie Lee Jones. That is why she is the only musician who does not need to carry a warning label on her CDs.

Plus:

The real last name of comedy stunt-man "Super" Dave Osborn (recently appearing in the movie "Ocean's Thirteen") and his brother, comedian Robert Klein, is "Oppenheimer." That's right, Robert Klein's real name is Robert Oppenheimer, the same as the scientist who headed the Manhattan Project, where they created the first atomic bomb.

3 comments:

Sam said...

Actually, what's really interesting is the comedian Robert Klein is the same scientist who headed the Manhattan Project. He was given a different identity in order to protect the secrets of the atomic bomb. However, when he came out against the bomb, the government gave him the curse of immortality!

Strange, but true.

I Ain't No Oprah said...

Such. A. Liar.

Guys like you give the internet a bad rep.

Anonymous said...

My freshman year in college, I lived in the Peter Torkelson (his real name) memorial room -- Davis Hall 222. It's true!