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Scannon, a black Newfoundland lab, accompanied Lewis and Clark on their Louisiana Territory expedition.
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Scannon, a black Newfoundland lab, accompanied Lewis and Clark on their Louisiana Territory expedition.
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Female blackbirds are not black, but brownish-gray.
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Adult male ostriches are black, with white wings and tail, and female ostriches are gray. The bare neck and legs of the male are red, whereas the female's are pale flesh color.
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Amphibians see no color; they perceive only black and white.
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When young, black bear cubs hum when contented.
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You can identify a grizzly bear's mark by the sign of five claws. A black bear will lacerate a tree trunk with four claws.
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A squirrel has no color vision, it sees only in black and white. Every part of its field of vision, however, is in perfect focus, not just straight ahead, as with humans.
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Daughter of a Baptist preacher and a spiritual singer, Hattie McDaniel won a drama medal at age 15 and began her professional career as a band vocalist. She later won an Academy Award for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, the first black to be so honored.
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David Lynch delivered newspapers to support himself while making Eraserhead, his surreal black-and-white film that became a cult classic.
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In the show, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the Grinch cuts out a Santa beard, but never wears it.
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Lushly filmed in black and white, William Wyler's moving Mrs. Miniver (1942) captured the hearts of audiences around the world. It was nominated for twelve Oscars and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress for its star Greer Garson, and Best Supporting Actress for ingenue Teresa Wright. Sir Winston Churchill declared that the World War II drama, set in England and following the lives of a middle-class British family, had done more for the war effort than a flotilla of destroyers.
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Mr. Blackwell, the self-proclaimed fashion judge of Hollywood celebrities, put out his 41st "Worst Dressed List" in January 2001 for the year 2000. On singer Britney Spears, he barbed, "Oops, she did it again. Her bra-topped collection of Madonna rejects are pure fashion overkill.'' On Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie: "Fashion interrupted. Hit by a Gen-X Gothic hex."
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According to sources, Marilyn Monroe’s favorite colors were beige, black, white, and red.
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Actor Stepin Fetchit was the first black in American films to become a millionaire. He was resented by many in the black community for his indolent and stereotypical portrayals of blacks in movies of the 1930s.
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As CEO and chair of Harpo Entertainment Group, Oprah Winfrey was the first black female and the third female ever, behind Mary Pickford and Lucille Ball, to own her own TV- and film-production studio. Harpo Productions, her $20 million, 100,000-square-foot facility, has mushroomed from just five employees to 135 since 1985. In 1994, Winfrey's sales reached an astounding $115 million.
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