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.
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