• Authors whose names start with an A have their books checked out 62 percent more often at public libraries.

• In his youth, U.S. President George Washington was an accomplished Irish dancer.

• In his high school years Albert Einstein scored an 73 on an IQ test, In his adult years he was asked why his score was so low, he replied that he "never took tests too seriously."

• One in every 5,000 emperor penguins carries a rare gene that makes its beak bright blue.

• In 1896, the Georgia State Legislature declared the color name 'puce' to be in violation of anti-obscenity laws. The color itself was declared acceptable on a probationary level, but the probation has never been lifted to this day.