NUTTY FACTS: Lieutenant John F. Kennedy

While Kennedy was serving in World War II as commander of the PT109, his boat was hit by a Japanese destroyer and his crew was stranded in the Solomon Islands.

Lieutenant John F. Kennedy carved this Coconut shell with a message and gave it to two natives to deliver to the PT base at Rendova so he and his crew would be rescued.

He later had the coconut shell encased in wood and plastic and used it as a paperweight on his desk in the Oval Office.