Lillian Russell was married at the Schenley Hotel. (Now the University of Pittsburgh Student Union.) Elenora Duse died there (and is alleged to haunt the place.)
Andy Warhol was born Andrew Wahola, he lived for a while in Pittsburgh's Hill district, which August Wilson uses for the setting for his plays about African Americans. (Wilson lived in Pittsburgh's Homewood section, as did John Edgar Wideman.)
Mary Cassat, Gertrude Stein and Martha Graham were all born in the city of Allegheny, now Pittsburgh's North Side.
Pittsburgh's oldest industry wasn't steel, it was glass.
George Washington's first military command was at Fort Necessity outside of Pittsburgh. He came back as president, leading troops to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794.
My home is in a borough named for Jane Gray Swisshelm, an early suffragist.
Nobody knows where knitting originated, or when.
Single point knitting needles were originally called knitting pins.
The last battle of the English Civil war was fought at St. Marye's Citye Maryland. (Tye roundheads won.)
Kentucky was almost named Transylvania.
Jefferson Davis went to Transylvania College in Lexington Kentucky.
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Dorothy L. Sayers were good friends.
Hans Christian Anderson was dyslexic. He had a half sister who was a prostitute. He went to Copenhagen at the age of 14 to become a performer, and danced in a ballet. He played a troll.
Holly plants are male and female.
Had enough yet? I've got an eidetic memory. I can go all day.