Churchill

9 FACTSYOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT WINSTON CHURCHILL

YES, MR. CHURCHILL WAS EASILY SATISFIED WITH THE BEST.

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HE WAS A PAINTER.

CHURCHILL PAINTEDCLOSE TO 550PAINTINGS.

HE WAS NOT A

MORNING

PERSON.

CHURCHILL STAYED UP LATE AND ROSE EVEN LATER. EVERY MORNING, HE ATE AN ENORMOUS BREAKFAST IN BED WHILE READING THE PAPER.

HE LOVEDHORSES.

CHURCHILL PLAYED POLO, OWNED A HORSE RACING STABLE,AND RODE HORSES INTO

HIS 80‘S.

HE SMOKED

CUBANCIGARS.

HE KEPT HIS CIGARS IN BOXES ENTITLED “WRAPPED,” “NAKED,” AND “LARGE.”

I ENJOY A CIGAR . . .BUT NOT AT THE RISK OF BEING INCINERATED.

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HE COULD NOT

SAY NO TOCHOCOLATE

ÉCLAIRS.

CHURCHILL ALSO ENJOYED ROAST BEEF,GRUYÈRE CHEESE, AND YORKSHIREPUDDING.

HE WROTESCREENPLAYS.

CHURCHILL SPENT AN ENTIRE NIGHT TRYING TO CONVINCE CHARLIE CHAPLINTO PLAY NAPOLEON.

HE DISLIKED

SAILING.

IRONICALLY, CHURCHILL WAS FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY. TWICE.

I SHALL ALWAYS LOOK UPON JOURNEYS BY SEAAS NECESSARY EVILS.

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HE PREFERREDAIRPLANES.

CHURCHILL OWNED A SPECIAL OXYGEN MASKTHAT HE COULD WEAR WHILE SMOKING A CIGAR.

HE WOREZIPPERED

SHOES.

HIS LOVE FOR ZIPPERS LED HIM TO CREATE ZIP-UP SIREN SUITS.

WHAT’S A SIREN SUIT?LEARN ABOUT THIS AND OTHER CHURCHILL FACTS AT www.hillsdale.edu/outreach/nls/denver.

COMPILED FROM BARRY SINGER’S TALKTHE ART OF BEING WINSTON CHURCHILL.“

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