Get a 30 day free trial of Audible and a free audiobook a→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! In this video: As the old adage goes, money doesn’t buy happiness, but it sure takes the sting out of being poor. Gordon Bennett Jr. was a man for whom money meant nothing- he spent money with such impunity that across the pond in England his name has since become synonymous with astonishment and surprise. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/11/gordon-bennett-jr-man-built-room-cow-yacht-hed-always-fresh-milk/ Sources: http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/gordon.htm https://books.google.com/books?id=CIRLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA160&dq=Gordon+Bennett+Jr&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO2cSBsL7QAhUKqFQKHShjAW4Q6AEIjgEwFg#v=onepage&q=Gordon%20Bennett%20Jr&f=false https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0822.html http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/james-gordon-bennett-jr-a-master-of-time-zones/?_r=0 http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/gordon-bennett.html http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2009/08/gilded-age-publishing-heir-puts-todays-rich-boys-to-shame https://www.nyyc.org/about/history-heritage/931-james-gordon-bennett-i-presume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gordon_Bennett_Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Reuter https://books.google.com/books?id=pITaM5KGG5YC&pg=PA456&dq=Gordon+Bennett+Jr&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO2cSBsL7QAhUKqFQKHShjAW4Q6AEIrQEwHA#v=onepage&q=Gordon%20Bennett%20Jr&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=CtTZAAAAMAAJ&q=Gordon+Bennett+Jr&dq=Gordon+Bennett+Jr&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH-Lqur77QAhXIilQKHXfCAvAQ6AEIugIwMg https://books.google.com/books?id=IPgKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Gordon+Bennett+Jr&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH-Lqur77QAhXIilQKHXfCAvAQ6AEIYDAL#v=onepage&q=Gordon%20Bennett%20Jr&f=false https://books.google.com/