Mental Floss: Instant Knowledge by Editors of Mental Floss

Author:Editors of Mental Floss [Will Pearson; Mangesh Hattikudur]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780061747663
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2005-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

instant personalities

Race car driver DICK TRICKLE is a perennial Winston Cup loser (he’s never won the event despite 300-plus career attempts through 2004), though he clearly isn’t too focused on his driving. Dick once requested a lighter be installed in his car so he could smoke mid-race.

Author VICTOR HUGO had an unusual solution for writer’s block. He had his servant take away his clothes with strict orders not to return them for several hours. Left buck naked, and with nothing else to do, Hugo was forced to return to his pen and paper.

STEPHEN HAWKING was famous among his schoolmates for being terrible with electronics. He once attempted to turn an old television into an amplifier and gave himself a 500-volt shock.

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