Bet You Didn�t Know, Trivia by Peary Perry, 10-10-2010. (original) (raw)

If you�ve ever wondered where the author Ian Fleming got the name for his famous 007 character�.wonder no more. Came from a coffee table book on birds by one James Bond.

While we�re on authors�bet you didn�t know that the character��The Cisco Kid� was created by O�Henry in his story called��The Caballero�s Way�.

Remember this next time you go there�..The distance from the foul line to the head pin on a bowling alley is sixty feet.

You might have guessed this one�the only commercial Elvis Presley made in his entire career was for Southern Made Donuts�came out in 1954�doesn�t say if he got a lifetime supply or not.

Everyone�s heard of Podunk��we�ve grown to accept it as describing a small town�where is it anyway? Go to Worchester, Massachusetts�.close to there.

So where did the name for the month of APRIL get its name? From the Latin word �.Aprilis. Means �to open� as in the buds and flowers�..You know Spring, buds, flowers..bees�.birds�.

So exactly what are �yurts�? Everyone knows they are the round domes tents used by the Mongolian nomads.

� Peary Perry
Bet You Didn�t Know

- A Treasure Trove of Trivia
October 10, 2010 column
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