Should you ever find yourself playing trivia... this might come in handy! These are some very interesting, little known facts about famous people.

Ben Franklin left $2,000 to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia in his will to help young tradesmen, but they could not draw the balance for 200 years. In 1990, it was worth $6.5 million. The money has been used to fund scholarships, women’s health, and help firefighters and disabled children.

Before she became a famous actress in classic sitcoms like “Maude” and “Golden Girls”, Bea Arthur served as truck driver in the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve during World War II. She respectfully earned Honorable Discharge, and was regarded as “One Hell of a Marine.”

When Franklin Roosevelt started a foundation to fight polio, comedian Edie Cantor came up with the “March of Dimes”, asking people to mail a dime to the White House. They were soon overwhelmed with 2,680,000 dimes mailed to them, literally truckloads, mainly from children. These dimes went directly to research that resulted in the polio vaccine. That is why Roosevelt is on the U.S. dime.

Jonas Salk (1914-1995) decided not to patent his 1955 polio vaccine so that it would be more affordable for millions of people who couldn’t afford it. As a result, he lost out on an estimated 7 billion dollars.