Useless Knowlede Part 1: Dr. Seuss

                   
Dr. Seuss is, and always has been, one of my heroes. Never in the history of man has there been a writer with so much creativity, and so much influence on the world. Below I have listed every ounce of pointless knowledge about him that my brain holds.

• His Real name is Theodore Seuss Geisel.
• Seuss is pronounced "Zoice."
• He never had any kids, but dedicated one of his books to imaginary daughter Chrysanthemum-Pearl.
• His first book, And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street was rejected by 27 publishing companies before finally being accepted.
• The first recorded instance of the word "nerd" was in If I Ran the Zoo.
• He wrote The Cat In the Hat because children thought Dick and Jane were too boring.
• It took 9 months to write.
• The cat is portrayed as the Christ figure. He arrived suddenly, performed miraculous tricks, and couldn't win over everyone. 
• Mack, from Yertle the Turle, was the first character to burp in a children's book.
• Yertle symbolizes Hitler
• Dr. Seuss' editor, Bennet Cerf, bet that he couldn't write a book with 50 words or less, which produced Green Eggs and Ham.
• He wrote The Lorax in 45 minutes.
• It used to contain the line, "I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie." But the Ohio Sea Grant Program wrote and said conditions were better and begged to have that line removed. Now later editions don't have that line anymore.
• Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now is thought to be about Richard Nixon.
• The Butter Battle Book is about the cold war and arms race.
• It was on the New York Times' bestseller list for 6 months...for adults.
• Oh The Places You'll Go, Dr. Seuss' final book, sells 300,000 copies a year, due to the fact that it is an ideal graduation gift.

Please feel free to share your newly accumulated useless knowledge with every relative and friend within the vicinity, or not.