Small-town celebrity birthplace of the week: Newton, in northwestern New Jersey (current population about 8,000). Actress Janeane Garofalo was born there in 1964. Your humble trivia author lived in Newton for a time in the 1970s, while an instructor in the mathematics department of a nearby community college.

Is the last name of casino mogul Steve Wynn just a coincidence? Not exactly. His father Michael changed the family name to Wynn when Steve was a child. Why? At least in part, a ...

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