In 1986, a drunk fan got into a pace car at Talladega Superspeedway, and started joyriding on the track in front of a nationwide audience. The police cruisers who had to chase him around the track were not amused when they caught and arrested him.

Oprah Winfrey was the first black woman to anchor a newscast in Nashville at WTVF-TV.

The national orchestra of Monaco (a nation in Europe) has more individuals than its army.

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