Although Saint Patrick is known for driving the snakes from Ireland, a theory says no snakes ever lived there.

Honey never spoils. Ever.

Except for one document, the phrase “global warming” is nowhere to be found by the search engine on www.whitehouse.gov.

In Pulp Fiction, the quote by Samuel L. Jackson’s character Jules of Ezekiel 25:17 is way off from the King James version. The quote is an homage to Sonny Chiba’s character in the film Karate Kiba/Viva Chiba the Bodyguard, who also misquoted Ezekiel 25:17.

Since Pluto is no longer considered a planet, the new mnemonic for memorizing the names and order of the planets is “Mean Very Evil Men Just Shortened Up Nature.”

This article appears in March 16 • 2007.

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