Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Here's a crazy one. Adam Smith was kidnapped at the age of four and then abandoned by his kidnapper. The world almost lost out on one of its great thinkers. (Source)
Adam Smith's dad died six months before he was born. His mom must have done a great job to raise such a smart and successful kid all by herself. (Source)
Smith must have done something right when he wrote The Wealth of Nations, because it wasn't long before folks started offering him positions in the Scottish government. (Source)