Dora Chase

Dora Chase Amazing Facts

Steve Carell worked as a postal carrier in the small town of Littleton, Massachusetts. (Though he only did it for a few months, he said it was the hardest job he's ever had.)

Frank Sinatra was offered the lead role in Die Hard.

According to one study, dunking an Oreo in milk for three seconds gives you the optimal balance of sogginess and structural integrity.

In 19th-century Ireland, jack-o'-lanterns were carved out of turnips instead of pumpkins.

Venetia Burney, who at age 11 suggested the name “Pluto” for the ninth planet in our solar system, lived to see it demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006.

There are 293 ways to make change for a US dollar.

Novelist Patricia Highsmith kept about 300 snails as pets. She carried them in her handbag to parties.

Cleopatra had a special lipstick made for her, consisting of a crushed mixture of ants and deep red carmine beetles.

The second-half kickoff in Super Bowl I had to be done twice, as NBC didn’t cut back from commercial in time to catch the first one on camera.