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Felton & Fowler's More Best, Worst and Most Unusual
Felton Fowler's More Best Worst and Most Unusual Author:Bruce Felton, Mark Fowler To write this book, the authors sifted through hundreds of news reports, opinions, statistics, and records to cull the absurd, the amusing, and the not-so-great from all walks of life. Their findings are often humorous, occasionally appalling, sometimes bizarre, but always entertaining. — Best First Lady: Eleanor Roosevelt--who else? Neglected by... more » her husband in matters connubial, she played a more central role in government affairs than did any other first lady in the nation's history. Said one anti-Roosevelt columnist, "FDR is 20% mush and 80% Eleanor."
Worst Act of Diplomacy: During the Middle East war of 1948, Warren Austin, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, urged the Arabs and Jews to resolve their disagreements "like good Christians."
Most Unusual Pornographic Movie: At England's Shessington Zoo, officials embarked upon a revolutionary plan to perk up the chimpanzees' flagging sex life and get the apes to mate: show them skin flicks. "We tried it in three cages in the ape house," said zoo spokesman Andy Bowen. "The orangutans were only interested in the projector. The gorilas became aggressive. But Cressida (an eight-year-old female chimp) was just overcome with passion."« less