i remember when I was a kid, i wrote the author of a book series i read (Encyclopedia Brown) and he actually sent me a letter back with a personal note on the side. it still hangs in a frame in my elementary school library
The guys who explored the Louisiana Purchase? Yeah, they started in the American army. Actually, before the expedition, Lewis was President Jefferson's personal aide
Actually, the only thing that wasn't stolen at the Louvre's Apollo Gallery is the Regent Diamond, figure no one would take it because something to do with a curse.