Gaddafi had a serious obsession with Condoleezza Rice, showering her with over $200,000 in gifts and having a famous local composer write a song for her called “Black Flower in the White House” https://www.cnn.com/2011/11/03/us/rice-gadhafi/index.html

You were more likely to get a job if you had smallpox scars in the 18th century. The scars proved that you already had smallpox and could not pass it on to your employers. https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/qi/episodes/8/7/