7 facts about Winston Churchill

1. Churchill painted more than 570 paintings, but only a few major shows were held in his own lifetime.
2. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.
3. During the Boer War (1899-1902) Churchill was captured and escaped. The Boers put a bounty of only 25 pounds on his head.
4. Churchill wrote 3 books, saw 4 wars on 4 continents and was elected to the House of Commons - all by the age of 26!
5. Winston Churchill was a large collector of toy soldiers.
6. In 1953 Churchill won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
7. Time Magazine named Winston Churchill “man of the year” in 1940 and 1946.