Honey bees were brought to the Americas in the 1600s by European colonists. Native Americans supposedly called bees "the white man's fly."

There are around 3500 calories in a pound of body fat. Or so say most sources. Others say 4000 calories.

Nylon

Nylon is a synthetic polymer thermoplastic material produced in 1935 by DuPont. The origin of the name is unknown but said to be more or less random.

Key Biscayne is an island in Florida's Miami-Dade county, south of Miami Beach. Nixon vacationed there at the "Florida White House."

A Moscow Mule is a highball made with vodka and ginger beer, with the possible addition of lime, bitters, or even whiskey.

"Nunc fortunatus sum" is a Latin phrase meaning "I am in Luck now," and is supposed to be a punned message by Sir Colin Campbell upon his taking of Lucknow.

Louise Suggs

Louise Suggs was a female golfer who co-founded the Ladies Professional Gold Association.  She won 61 LPGA events and 11 major championships.  In 1951 she became the first female golfer inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by Joy Division from their album 'Substance.' It has been covered by many artists, including U2, the Cure, Fall Out Boy, and Paul Young (the singer of the first line of the original "Do They Know It's Christmas?"), who made it an '80s pop ballad and a #40 hit in Germany.

Mark Twain said of Wagner that "his music is better than it sounds." Except apparently he was quoting an earlier humorist named Edgar Nye.

During the rusting process, iron appears to gain weight, because the iron combines with oxygen to make an oxide that weighs more than the parent metal. However, it loses weight as it corrodes.

The London Symphonies

The London Symphonies are Joseph Haydn's final twelve symphonies, composed while he resided in London. They include the well-known Clock and Surprise symphonies.

Napoleon II, son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Louise of Austria, was designated King of Rome. He died of tuberculosis in 1832, at the age of 21.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, founded in 1790, is the oldest stock exchange in America. (The NYSE came two years later.)

Mumbai, the new name of Bombay, is derived from the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi, plus the Marathi word for mother. Mumbai is the most populous city in India.

Edward VI of England was only nine years old when he was crowned in 1547, and died at the age of 15. The only son of Henry VIII (by third wife Jane Seymour), he probably died of tuberculosis, but may have been poisoned.

The Guiana Shield is one of three cratons of the South American plate. It underlies Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, as well as parts of Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil. The highest elevations of the Shield are called the Guiana Highlands, which cover Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil, and is where the tepuis are found.

Carlo Urbani, an Italian doctor, was the first to diagnose SARS (in American patient Johnny Chen, in Hanoi). He died of SARS in 2003.

Milwaukee is known by several nicknames: Cream City, Brew City, and German Athens.

Stanislaw II Augustus Poniatowski was the last king of Poland. He ruled 1764-95, when Poland was partitioned among Russia, Prussia, and Austria.

Maria Muldaur was a folk-blues singer best known for her 1974 hit "Midnight at the Oasis." She also popularized Peggy Lee's song "I'm a Woman."

ACTH (AdrenoCorticoTropic Hormone), also known as corticotropin) is a hormone produced and secreted by the pituitary gland. It stimulates the adrenal gland and is produced in response to stress.

Della Reese was an Emmy-nominated actor ("Touched by an Angel") and a Grammy-nominated singer most famous for her 1959 hit "Don't You Know," which was adapted from a Puccini aria, "Musetta's Waltz" from 'La Boheme'.

Walter Gropius was a German architect and the father of Bauhaus. He helped design the Pan Am Building. His family residence, Gropius House, is in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Group f/64 was a group (named after the smallest aperture setting on a camera) of photographers in the '30s who espoused objective, "straight" photography, especially of the American West. Ansel Adams was a prominent member and a Sierra Club adherent as well.

Dark energy, sometimes called dark force, is the hypothetical impetus behind the ever-increasing expansion of the universe.

Rod Stewart was in the following bands: The Ray Davies Quartet; Jimmy Powell & the Five Dimensions; the Hoochie Coochie Men; The Steampacket; The Jeff Beck Group; and The Faces.

The Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) was a conflict among Lebanese militia groups (including the Lebanese Front and Hezbollah), the PLO, and Israeli forces. Up to 100,000 people died. It ended with the Taif Agreement.

Alba is the Scots Gaelic name for Scotland.

Volstead Act

The Volstead Act was a law passed in 1919 (over Wilson's veto) that defined 'alcoholic beverages' and served as enforcing legislation for the 18th Amendment which declared Prohibition.

Car batteries

Car batteries are made up of plates of lead and lead oxide, which are submerged into an electrolyte solution of about 35% sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and 65% water.

"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" was the final episode of "M*A*S*H." Airing on February 28, 1983, it was watched by about 106 million American viewers, easily the most-watched TV episode ever.