During a 1956 speech for his campaign of de-Stalinization, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was asked by an unseen audience member why, as an advisor to the dictator, he had never stopped Stalin from committing his atrocities. Khrushchev immediately lashed out, "Who said that?" The room grew quiet. Khrushchev repeated his query to more silence, waited a beat, and then said, "Well, now you understand why."
The "french" in french fries actually describes the way the spuds are sliced, not their country of origin.
Dog tags are always worn in pairs in case of the unthinkable; one tag remains with the body, and the other is sent to Mortuary Affairs.
While sailing around the world in 2000, TV journalist Geraldo Rivera was followed along the coast of Somalia and nearly attacked by modern-day, Uzi-wielding pirates. The good ship Geraldo could have been a major haul for the pirates, but they were foiled when the newsman had his crew fired flare guns, drawing attention to the vessel and frightening off the attackers.
Alfred Hitchcock was notoriously hard on actors. He was once quoted as saying, "Actors are cattle"—a quip that stirred up a huge outcry. In response, he issued this correction: "I have been misquoted. What I really said is, 'Actors should be treated as cattle.'"
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