15 Mysterious Facts About Agatha Christie

(via Mental Floss) With more than 2 billion copies of her books in print, British author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) has kept countless readers up into the early morning hours. Occasionally, the mystery surrounding her personal life—including a high-profile disappearance in the 1920s—has rivaled the best of her fiction. Let’s take a look at some of the verifiable details of the famed crime writer’s life and times.