Portal:New England/Did you know/3


 * ... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career, which he never did?
 * ... that the bartender and the psychiatrist were good ol' mates in Boston and are still good ol' mates in Seattle?
 * ... that Arnold Aronson, a founder of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, helped inspire the career of his nephew, singer-songwriter and organizer Si Kahn?
 * ... that while he was manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, Rip Egan once served alcohol to the opposing pitcher late into the night to keep him from playing at his full potential the next day?
 * ... that Mark Twain and General Custer visited P. T. Barnum in Iranistan?