1. Halsey Taylor invented the drinking fountain as a tribute to his father, who died of typhoid fever after drinking from a contaminated public water supply in 1896.
2. George Washington, the celebrated “Father of Our Country,” had no children of his own. Researchers believe a childhood illnesses may have rendered him sterile.
3. A.A. Milne created Winnie the Pooh for his son, Christopher Robin. Pooh was based on the boy's teddy bear named Edward which Christopher had received as a gift for his first birthday, and on their father/son visits to the London Zoo, where the bear named Winnie was Christopher’s favorite.
4. The voice of Papa Smurf, Don Messick, also provided the voice of Scooby-Doo, Ranger Smith on Yogi Bear, and Astro and RUDI on The Jetsons.
5. The only father-daughter collaboration to hit the top spot on the Billboard pop music chart was the 1967 hit single “Something Stupid” by Frank & Nancy Sinatra.
From Mental Floss
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