Today I Learned…

Charles Dickens was a member of London’s Ghost Club, which hunted ghosts and investigated reports of paranormal happenings and hauntings (and still does).

Edgar Allan Poe like to write with his Siamese cat perched on his shoulder. He would place the cat there before he started writing to make him feel more relaxed and draw inspiration. (from Ripley’s Believe It Or Not: Out of the Box)