10 facts about Mark Twain

1. He was born in Florida, Missouri, on November 30.
2. His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemen.
3. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel.
4. Mark Twain liked gadgets.
5. He named his dogs I Know ,You Know and Don’t Know.
6. He HATED to go to school.
7. Mark thought he would die with Halley’s Comet because he was born when it came, and he was right. One day after his death the Halley’s Comet flew by the sun!
8. He had little education and instead of going to school, he worked as a journalist.
9. Mark Twain published more than 30 books throughout his career.
10. Mark Twain died April 21, 1910 (aged 74)
    Redding, Connecticut