1. In 1960 Penguin Books where tried under the 1959 Obscene Publications Act after publishing an un-censored version of D.H. Lawrence's book "Lady Chatterley's Lover". Penguin where found not guilty as they were able to prove the book had "literary merit".
2. D. H. Lawrence in his letters to Bertrand Russell revealed himself to be deeply right wing although never accepting fascism. He bemoaned the rising rights of the working class, and wished for an absolute dictator to keep them in check.
3. Author Iain Banks ripped up his passport and posted it to Tony Blair following the invasion of iraq in 2003. He did this after he "abandoned the idea of crashing my Land Rover through the gates of Fife dockyard, after spotting the guys armed with machine guns."
4. When giving readings of his work Charles Dickens was well known for working himself up so much he would faint!
5. Dickens was also an insomniac, and would demand his bed be pointed due north.
6. The national Anthem of Greece is 158 verses long.
7. Thomas Edison (the inventor of the light bulb,) was afraid of the dark.
8. 7% of Ireland's entire crop of barley is used to make Guinness.
9. At 16 Walt Disney tried to enlist in both The US and Canadian Army, but was rejected due to his age. Instead he joined the red cross and served as an Ambulance driver in France.
10. During world war 2 Sir Alec Guinness captained a ship in the Royal Navy.
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