💡
💡 Fun Facts
💡

Ernest Hemingway s paranoia has been ascribed to everything from alcoholism to bi-polar disorder to CTE, but he was indeed being followed by the FBI due to his extensive ties in Cuba

1 min read


Fun Fact: Ernest Hemingway’s paranoia has been ascribed to everything from alcoholism to bi-polar disorder to CTE, but he was indeed being followed by the FBI due to his extensive ties in Cuba

Source favicon

Source

history101.com

Share this fascinating fact! 🥷

💡More Fun Facts

Keep exploring and learning

about Bradford Bishop, who allegedly killed his wife, mother and three sons in 1976. Bishop was only removed from the FBI s Top Ten Most Wanted List in 2018, due to his advanced age, and is still being pursued by the FBI, as there have been sightings of Bishop across Europe for 40 years.

Read →

In 2011, the NFL was rocked by a scandal known as Bountygate, in which New Orleans Saints players were found to have been betting on how badly they could injure players from the opposing team. This led to the head coach being suspended for a season due to his apparent approval of the behaviour.

Read →

In 1821, Chief Petalesharro, a Pawnee from Nebraska, was welcomed to the White House by President Monroe in full ceremonial attire. This was due to the Chief s newfound fame after he saved a woman from being burned alive by his tribe, galloping away with her on his horse.

Read →

The NBA s Chicago Bulls famously used Alan Parson s Sirius as an introduction song during the legendary Jordan years. Parsons had no clue his song was being used and made very little money off of it due to licensing agreements that heavily favor corporations over the actual artists.

Read →

that special effects had to be employed in The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese s film of The Band s farewell concert, due to a visible amount of cocaine being present on Neil Young s nose during his performance.

Read →

of John Deydras, an imposter pretending to be King Edward II due to being swapped at birth. When arrested he challenged the real king to single combat and was found guilty of sedition. He claimed his cat was the devil in diguise and caused him to do it. Both he and the cat were hanged.

Read →