Bet You Didn’t Know

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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