by Diana Filer
- The Austrian-born Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr has been credited as the inventor of WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth due to her invention in WWII of ‘frequency hopping’.
- Leon Trotsky’s birth name was Lev Davidovitch Bronstein.
- Peladophobia is the fear of bald people, or of becoming bald oneself.
- Sandy is the name of Little Orphan Annie’s dog.
- Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch created the American Fox News tv channel