Ernest Hemingway
By: Kennedy Altman
20 interesting facts
- He survived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, skin cancer, hepatitis, diabetes, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, a fractured skull, and more.
- He killed himself with his favorite shotgun bought from Abercrombie & Fitch.
- Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary are buried in Ketchum’s town cemetery in Idaho.
- Hemingway’s sister and brother, and also his father committed suicide as well.
- He once took a urinal home from his favorite bar and moved it into his home.
- Hemingway left trunks of material in the Paris Ritz in 1928 and did not recover them until 1957.
- The FBI maintained an open file on Hemingway from World War II onwards.
- Hemingway’s sister and brother, and also his father committed suicide as well.
- Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary are buried in Ketchum’s town cemetery in Idaho.
- Hemingway hardly ever if ever got a real “hangover.”
- He Only Truly Loved Polydactyl - six toed cats.
- Hemingway Survived Not One, but TWO Plane Crashes.
- He could write a short story in six words.
- Ernest Hemingway hunted sharks.
- At the age of 27 he nicnamed himself "papa."
- His parents were often horrified by their son's work because of their super religious views.
- He was never able to participate in the war because of his eye sight, but he wanted to help out in World War I so much that he became an amublance driver.
- When he was first born, up until about age 4, many people didn't know if he was a boy or girl beacuse his mom dressed him girl clothes and had his hair grown out to the length of his sisters.
- By 1957, Hemingway's daily alcohol consumption included Chianti in the morning, wine with lunch and dinner, nightcaps and about a quart of liquor throughout the day.
- For the longest time, it was thought that he had died through an accidental shooting because his wife didnt want him to receive a bad image.
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