Bet You Didn�t Know, Trivia by Peary Perry, 11-5-2010. (original) (raw)

�Crusade in Europe� by Dwight Eisenhower and �Profiles in Courage� by John F. Kennedy are the only two books written by American Presidents that have been made into television series.

Speaking of Presidents�Abraham Lincoln was the first United States President to have been born outside of the original 13 states�he was born in Kentucky.

OK�one more about world leaders�.Boris Yeltsin lost his thumb and forefinger of his left hand�how? As a kid he stole some hand grenades�..one went off as he and some buddies were trying to take it apart.

Asa Candler purchased the formula for Coca Cola from John Pemberton for $2,300 in 1887. When Mr. Candler�s sons sold out in 1916 they got 25 million for it. Good return.

The first Japanese automobile to be sold in the United States was the Datsun�..sold 83 of those rascals in 1958.

Q. The publisher G.P. Putnam had a famous wife �who was she?
A. The well-known flyer�Amelia Earhart.

Bet old Amelia and her husband brought in more income than the average American teacher in 1900�.their annual salary at that time? About $325.00 yearly. Not much was it?

You thought mail order was relatively new didn�t you��not so; old Ben Franklin put out the first mail order catalog in 1744. Junk mail has been with us a long, long time.

� Peary Perry
Bet You Didn�t Know

- A Treasure Trove of Trivia
November 5, 2010 column
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