“My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.” — Orson Welles Read about the world’s heaviest person. Read more fun facts about Orson […]
When Doctors Diss Intimate Dinners
Great Emancipator, But No Great Romeo
Concerned that Abraham Lincoln was, at age 28, still a bachelor, one of his friends stepped in to play Cupid. She offered to introduce Lincoln to her sister, but with one condition […]
Heavy Horse Power
Prior to becoming President, William Howard Taft served as Governor General of the Philippines. After going on a goodwill mission to one of the Philippine islands and spending the day traveling by horseback […]
Big Job for a Big Man
Much has been made about the fact that William Howard Taft was the largest President to hold office. The 5′ 11″ man topped out at 340 pounds, surpassing Grover Cleveland’s prior record […]
Take Some Mummy Powder, A Few Drops of Gladiator Blood, and Call Me in the Morning
Mellified Man: Take one male volunteer aged 70 or 80, and bathe him and feed him with nothing but honey. Upon his death (usually within a month), seal him in a coffin […]
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