Mahatma Gandhi spoke English with an Irish accent
He had a set of false teeth, which he carried in a fold of his loin cloth.
As a lawyer in London, he got nowhere at all. He was practically a failure there. Later, he was sent to South Africa to collect some huge debts; and he tried to apply there the philosophy of the Sermon on the Mount.
His income during those daysin South Africa touched fifteen thousand dollars a year!
Mahatma Gandhi experimented with dietsto see how cheaply he could live and remain healthy.
Mahatma Gandhi got inspiration of Civil Disobedience by reading a book of an American !
Mahatma Gandhi never visited the US, but he had many American fans and followers.