3.Emperor Xuanzong spent every winter at the palace he had built here from 745-755 with his favourite concubine — you can see the huge swimming pool of a bath that he used to wallow in, and a copy of the tower he had built for his ladyfriend, Rapunzel-like, to dry her fashionably long hair.
7.The latest addition to a collection of Christmas ornaments at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe%27s home this year came from American first lady Laura Bush, and the Abes enjoyed a cozy dinner on Christmas at a singer friend%27s house, according to a blog recently started by Japan%27s first lady.
8.Julie Andrews came to Broadway in 1954 with "The Boy Friend", which was a hit, and she became a bona fide star two years later in 1956, in the role of Eliza Doolittle in the unprecedented hit "My Fair Lady".
