People
- Shirley Temple, as a child, wore 56 curls in her hair. Curls were set by her mother who thus made sure of the exact number.
- Isoroku Yamamoto, named "Isoroku" because his father's age was 56 at his birth, and "Isoroku" is an old Japanese term meaning 56.
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“There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation.”
—Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946)
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—Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)