You may be planning for a holiday and maybe wondering how your goldfish can survive when your are not around. It has been proven that goldfish can take around 8 days to two weeks without food and still be fine. Therefore, you should only ask a friend or a neighbor to feed your goldfish if you are planning to be away for longer than two weeks.
Johns Hopkins: The University's Founder. Johns Hopkins was born in 1795. He inherited his unusual first name from his grandfather, who was named after Johns' great grandmother, Margaret Johns. When Johns was 17, his mother sent him off to Baltimore to work for his uncle, a wholesale grocer.
Johns Hopkins, a railroad investor for one of the first railroad lines in the United States (Baltimore & Ohio) founded charitable corporations to form a university and hospital. At his death, he left millions of dollars to help fund these two organizations.