In 1780, nineteen years old Marie was appointed art tutor to the
sister of King Louis XVI. For the next nine years her official
residence was the sumptuous Palace of Versailles. When the French
Revolution turned into the Reign of Terror, she was commissioned to
make death masks of the guillotined.
With 70 wax figures she embarked on a tour of England. The collection
included replicas of the late Royal Family of France, a model of the
guillotine, and an Egyptian mummy. It was a morbid hit.
In 1835 she settled in London and opened her establishment in Baker
Street. The rest, as they say, is history.
http://www.madame-tussauds.com/frameset.htm
http://www.tussauds.com/cfm/home/index.cfm
Twins
Twins are born together or, at the most, a few minutes apart. Right?
Wrong.
When one twin dies, the other can be born as much as 153 days later.
When both survive, the second twin can be born even two months later.
This is called "Delayed Interval Delivery".
http://am-i-pregnant.com/aip.data/article/show/birth/0/164717.shtml
http://www.expectingmultiples.com/Article2.htm
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/021108.
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