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“You might be surprised to learn that there are no distilleries in the town of Bourbon, Kentucky.

“ Bausch & Lomb, a company best known for its eye-care products, was originally known as Vulcanite Optical Instrument Company.

“Celine Dion and Gladys Knight both made their public singing debuts when they were only 5 years old.

“ Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard of the seventh, and final, installment in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” It’s now become the fastest-selling book in history, with 11 million copies being purchased in the first 24 hours alone. The series has been so successful that the author, J.K. Rowling, is the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. According to Forbes, she is the second richest female entertainer in the world (after Oprah Winfrey, of course), and the magazine also ranked her as the 48th most powerful celebrity for 2007. With all her fame and money, it’s interesting to note that Rowling was once fired for writing on the job.

“It was libertarian author and lecturer James Bovard who, in 1994, made the following sage observation: “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”

“ Those who study first families of the United States say that first lady Pat Nixon ironed her own dresses, first lady Rosalynn Carter mended the family’s clothes, and President Harry Truman washed his own undergarments.

“ The last state to officially abolish slavery was Mississippi — and it wasn’t until 1995 that it happened.