Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Kipling knew a thing or two about going overseas to support colonialism. He was born in Bombay, India, which was at the time (1865) was a British colony. (Source.)
Kipling's ashes are buried in the most V.I.P. part of England when it comes to dead writers and poets: Westminster Abbey. (Source.)
Li'l Rudyard had a pretty sad childhood. When he was six, his parents left him in foster care—for five years. (Source.)