According to the hotel's website, famous patrons over the years have included Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, Salvador Dali and John Lennon.

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YouTube, the original video-sharing website, became famous for water-skiing squirrels and bedroom musings.

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His official website says the artist started the famous portrait in Java in 1946.

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Bachchan has starred in more than 100 films and was once dubbed the "most famous actor of the millennium" in a BBC News website readers' poll.

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According to the official website of the US Air Force, Stapp is also credited with coining one of the most famous phrases in American history when he suffered injuries owing to a mistake by one of his assistants Captain Murphy.

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