Saddam Hussein authored a best-selling romance novel. "Sabibah and the King" also spawned a 20-part series.
There are no McDonald's in Ghana.
The air quality from pollution on a cruise ship can at times be worse than the world's worst cities.
"Men are good in one way, but bad in many" ~ Aristotle
Scientists have analysed Ozzy Osbourne's genome structure to determine how he has survived decades of serious drug abuse.
Glasnost's reforms unveiled so many cover ups in the Soviet Union that all history exams were cancelled in 1988.
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