Facts about famous people
By xxj3ffxx
@xxj3ffxx (501)
Australia
January 8, 2011 6:37pm CST
The name Wendy was first used in JM Barrie's Peter Pan.
In the West, the most popular Male name are James and John. The most popular female name is Mary.
There are about 5000 prince and princess in each Saudi Arabian Royal.
The Duke is the highest Rank you can achieve without being a king or a prince.
Julius Caesar was known as a famous swimmer
The people killed most often during robberies are the robbers
On the New year day 1907, Theodore Roosevelt shook hands with 8513 people
The oldest person on record is Methuselah (969 years old) whose name is mention in the Hebrew Bible. He died seven days before the begining great flood.
Burt Reynold's father was the chief of police in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.
There are four types of marriages: monogamy, polygyny (polygymy), polyandry and group marriage. Monogamy is one wife, one husband. Polygyny is one husband, several wives. Polyandry is one wife, several husbands. Group marriage is by far the rarest and has never been the prevailing form of marriage in any known society
3 responses
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
9 Jan 11
I would just love for polygamy to be legalized here in my country.
I see you're a history fanatic. That skill of Da Vinci, writing with one hand and drawing with another, just proves how great he is. Sometimes I wonder how his brain works.
I see you're a history fanatic. That skill of Da Vinci, writing with one hand and drawing with another, just proves how great he is. Sometimes I wonder how his brain works.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
3 May 12
Wow-- that was a lot of facts.. Thank you for sharing those amazing facts. I loved the Leondardo facts best- he was really amazing- very talented. 
