8 Things You Didn’t Know About
​ Hugh Hefner

His mother loaned him 1000$ to launch Playboy's first edition, which had Marilyn Monroe ​naked photos. It sold 50,000 copies.

Hefner worked as a copywriter for the Esquire magazine. He quit because they denied his request for a 5$ raise.

His 3rd wife was 60 years younger than him (22 year old). Hugh said he never cheated on his wives.

Hugh said that he used to work a lot at night. According to him "It just became a natural thing to wear the pajamas, they were comfortable". By the way he started to put on the sailor's hat because he didn't want to worry about how his hair looked.

He's a ninth cousin to former president George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry.

In 1978, 250,000$ were needed to revitalize the sign. Hefner threw a fund-raiser, auctioning off letters from the old sign for $27,000 each. In 2010 the area around the sign was about to be sold for real estate purposes. The Trust for Public Land was given an option to buy the property for 12.5$ million. It was short 900,000$, with only a week left. Hefner donated the money and saved the sign yet again.

Hefner said he doesn't know with how many women he slept with. When pushed he said that the number is around 2000. His unforgettable sexual experience was on his birthday, with 17 Playboys bunnies in his room...