Zuma Fact: #169: Rottweilers!

Rottweilers, a very common breed of domestic dogs today, are named after the town of Rottweil in Germany.

Rottweilers originate from Roman shepherd dogs that were once used in hunting the wild boars.

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How old are you? – Zsa Zsa Gabor

Zsa Zsa Gabor (1919), American actress of Hungarian origin (also known for being crowned as Miss Hungary in 1936 and for having nine husbands) was convicted in 1989 for slapping the face of a police officer named Paul Kramer when he stopped her for a traffic violation in Beverly Hills.

What did the court ruled for this former beauty and sex symbol?

To spend three days in jail and to enter her real date of birth in her identity documents.

The later was because, in her documents,  Zsa Zsa Gabor listed that she was born a quarter-century later that she really was. 

 

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Zuma Fact: #168: Baby LeRoy!

Former child actor Baby LeRoy (1932-2001) appeared, along with Maurice Chevalier, in a movie A Bedtime Story (1933) when he was less than six months old. 

 

His grandfather signed the contract on his behalf since Leroy’s mother was also under aged – she was sixteen years old.

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Note from an editor – Charles Dickens

While he was an editor of the weekly magazine “Household Words”, famous English writer Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) received a poem from a young poet with a request to publish it.

Poem’s title was “Orient Pearls at Random Strung”.

Dickens read it and decided not to publish it.  Since he didn’t wanted for the young poet to have to many hopes of publishing, he sent him a notice to inform him about his decision.

“I regret to inform you that your poem will not be published in our magazine. Too much string. Yours, Charles Dickens. “

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Zuma Fact: #167: Sense of smell!

Every year, more than 200 000 people in the U.S. visit a doctor with complaints about their sense of smell.

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