Studying the scientists

1. Albert Einstein - thought to be retarded - age 3.

2. Isaac Newton - slow learner until teens.

3. Joseph Priestley - never formally studied science.

4. Louis Pasteur - received a "C" in chemistry.

Source: World Features Syndicate.

Dear old dads

1. Olivia Newton-John

dad Nobel laureate

2. Jim Morrison

dad U.S. Naval Admiral

3. Edie Brickell

dad a pro bowler

4. Colleen Dewhurst

dad a pro hockey player

5. Burt Reynolds

dad a police chier

Source: World Features Syndicate.

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Inheritance

Napoleon III, nephew of Bonaparte, supported a court full of sponging relatives. Once, after he had refused to increase the allowance of one of his cousins, she said reproachfully, "Our uncle, the Emperor, was more generous. It is evident that you have nothing in common with him.?

"Bui I have much in common with him," disagreed the monarch. "I have his family."

- E. E. Edgar

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