1) Eliot was related to three former presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Rutherford B. Hayes.
2) According to my sources, he was the first person to use the term "bullsh*t." It's from his 1910 poem The Triumph of Bullshit.
3) Unlike many poets, Eliot held down steady jobs throughout his life. He was a banker, teacher, and editor. Eliot said: "I feel quite sure that if I’d started by having independent means, if I hadn’t had to bother about earning a living and could have given all my time to poetry, it would have had a deadening influence on me."
4) He gave himself a three hour limit on how long he could write in a day. He said that whatever he accomplished after three hours was usually not his best.
5) Whenever Eliot got stuck while writing, he would start writing in French. Then, he would get tired of the French, go back to English, and write more quality pieces.
6) Eliot was a prankster. He and his nephew allegedly bought several stink bombs and set them off in London.
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I am also a big fan of the fun facts posts. They allow you to get to know the artist like you said and they are also fun as the name suggests. So I have a couple more to add to your list.
1. Elliot is responsible for one of the longest-running Broadway shows ever. He was the inspiration for the very famous play, Cats.
2. Elliot didn't consider either The Wasteland or the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock to be his best work. Instead, he enjoyed four quartets which explored spirituality and philosophy in a set of four poems.
3. There is a movie based on his wedding, Tom and Viv from 1994 that you can still watch to this day.
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