1. The president gets free rent at the White House . . . but pays for basically everything else. That includes groceries, housekeeping, parties, vacations, and toiletries.
2. John Steinbeck was late turning in his manuscript for “Of Mice and Men” . . . because his DOG ate an early draft.
3. The United States changed the spelling of Puerto Rico to P-O-R-T-O Rico when it was annexed in 1898. The name wasn’t officially changed back until 1931.
