I watched this movie called Ned Kelly today. I'd never heard of it before, but it was new in the movie store so I picked it up. It was about Irish outlaws in Australia during the 1870s. Sound strange? It did to me at first, but turned out to be pretty interesting. This guy, Ned Kelly, was the leader of four Irish outlaws who were running from the police of the British Victorian colonies, but instead of being feared, all the Irish people loved him. He was a crusader for the rights of the Irish living in the British colonies in Australia, sort of a Robin Hood, standing up for the poor Irish against the injustice of the British police (or so it was portrayed in the movie). Poor Irish people. They had trouble being accepted everywhere they went. Well, unbeknownst to me, the movie was based on a true story. There really was a guy named Ned Kelly who did many of those things and he's like a national icon in Australia. There are tons of movies and books written about him and everyone knows about the legend. He's so much of an icon that they even had a tribute to him during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Interesting. It's funny the things you don't know and never had any idea existed. It really makes you wonder what other interesting little tidbits are out there.