How They Choked
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HOW THEY CHOKED
Georgia Bragg
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Marco Polo
- Montezuma II
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Isaac Newton
- Thomas Alva Edison
- Vincent Van Gogh
- "Shoeless Joe" Jackson
- Amelia M. Earhart
MARCO POLO
- Marco was born Venice, Italy in 1253.
- Marco traveled with his father to Asia where his father knew the ruler, Kublai Khan.
- His father was supposed to bring 100 wise men, yet volunteered his son as tribute.
MONTEZUMA II
- Montezuma was born in 1466 in where is now Mexico City.
- Aztec customs involved killing children and calling them "lunch".
- Montezuma never was watched and ate by having tons of plates with meals on the ground, choosing what he wanted then was encircled with his food by a large curtain.
- He died killed by his own people.
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
- The parents did not write his birth.
- Magellan fought in many battles for the king of Portugal, the family he had a slight genetic connection with.
- Magellan made as much on spices as we now make on gas.
ISAAC NEWTON
- Though the world a puzzle he could solve, he gave everything formulas and made them laws.
- He traded in science for bounty hunting! He worked for a mint then went after counterfeiters.
- When scanned it was found his hair contained tons of led and mercury.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON
- He was an insomniac and made 1039 patents.
- Edison learned science by the "oops, that doesn't work" method.
- Thomas had an "experiment" to set the family barn on fire, his dad beat him in town square.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
- Vincent couldn't give paintings away for free, now they're worth millions!
- Vincent drew self-portraits, none of him smiling.
- Vincent went crazy, he ate paint and drank turpentine!
"SHOELESS" JOE JACKSON
- Joe had arms longer than normal, possibly why he was great at baseball.
- Joe had 3 bats, his favorite, Black Betsy, Dixie, and Big Jim
- He was called a "dumb hick" since he couldn't spell.
AMELIA M. EARHART
- She "winged it", she didn't have the foggiest idea how to fly a plane!
- Amelia flew into the ocean on her expedition to Howard island and the navy looked for 17 days, yet no trace.
- She never smiled with her mouth open, for she had a large gap inbetween her front teeth.
I recommend this book since it shows you all the bad qualities of people, normally you only hear about the good.
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