Random Thoughts V4.0

Ernest Hemmingway founded an annual fishing tournament in Cuba, where he lived for many years. Fidel Castro was the winner of this contest in 1960.

Mark Twain’s favourite cats were named Sour Mash, Sin, Apollinaris, Beelzebub, Buffalo Bill, Zoroaster, Blatherskite, and Satan.

In 1968, Steve McPeak traveled from Chicago to Los Angeles on a unicycle. The trip took him six weeks.

The longest word used by Shakespeare in any of his works is “honorificabilitudinitatibus,” found in “Love’s Labours Lost.”

The original title of the musical “Hello Dolly!” was “Dolly: A Damned Exasperating Woman.”

Spam is so resistant to spoilage that, if kept in the closed can, it may well outlast eternity and will certainly live longer than you.

Spam was first promoted as a health food.

In Korea Spam comes in gift boxes.

If placed end to end, all the Spam ever sold would circle the Earth more than ten times.

When Pedro I became King of Portugal in the 14th century, he had his dead mistress dug up so she could be crowned queen alongside him. Many of the nobles at the coronation even kissed her hand. After the ceremonies they put her back in the box and returned her to her tomb.