In 1888, Hollywood was founded by Harvey and Daeida Wilcox, who named the city after their summer home in Chicago.

The Chinese politician Mao Zedong refused to ever brush his teeth and instead just washed his mouth with tea.

The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother would use when she was telling him bedtime stories when he was a child.

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