Corals, which are tiny animals, have even tinier plants living inside their cells.
The lemming mass-suicide story is a myth, largely fabricated by a Disney nature documentary that faked its evidence. The Disney filmmakers drove the lemmings into the water because they wanted to make a memorable film.
The hashtag symbol, pound sign (#), is properly called the octothorpe.
The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
After starring as the bully “Fatso” Judson in From Here to Eternity, the late actor Ernest Borgnine could never go into a bar because some guy would challenge him to a fight because of his fighting Frank Sinatra and Montgomery Clift in the movie.
This article appears in May 6 • 2016.