Snowflake

The town of Snowflake, Arizona, was named not for any precipitation, but for Mormon pioneers Erastus Snow (who also founded Snow College in Utah) and William J. Flake. Odd, isn't it?

Andradite is a mineral type in the garnet group, and includes melanite, which is black garnet.

"I Dreamed a Dream" is a song from Les Miserables. It is sung by the character of Fantine. brought to modern prominence by Susan Boyle's 2009 performance on "Britain's Got Talent."

Alleyne FitzHerbert was a 19th century British diplomat, the First Baron St. Helens. The mountain in Washington was named after him by explorer George Vancouver.

Pearl Harbor is located on the island of Oahu. It is named for the oysters once harvested there and is now a WWII monument. Oh! Ah! Ooh! We're being ambushed!

Alfred Wegener

Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher.  He is most remembered as the originator of continental drift hypothesis by suggesting in 1912 that the continents are slowly drifting around the Earth, having once formed a supercontinent called Pangaea.  This theory was reviled and denied until decades after his death, at the age of 50 on a poorly-planned expedition in Greenland.

The Passat, which is German for trade wind, is a make of car by Volkswagen.

Cooler

A "cooler," in gambling, is a person whose luck is consistently bad and can bring down a whole table by his or her very presence.

The "Smoking Gun tape" is one of the Watergate tapes, in which Nixon enters a criminal conspiracy by telling his administration to ask the CIA to get the Watergate investigation stopped.

Asado is a term for barbecue and its techniques in Argentina and other South American countries, including Brazil.

Korotkoff sounds, named for a Russian physician who described them in1905, are what doctors listen for when measuring blood pressure.

Elwood Edwards was a voice-over actor most famous for voicing AOL notifications, including the most famous "You've got mail!"

Moon's diameter

The moon is approximately 283,000 miles, or thirty Earth diameters, away from Earth. If the Earth were a basketball, the Moon would be a tennis ball, a little less than a quarter the diameter.

The iconic movie phrase "Go ahead, make my day" was first uttered by Clint Eastwood's rogue cop Harry Callahan in Sudden Impact. It is number 6 on the AFI's list of top 100 movie quotes. Suddenly, he was making an impact on film wonks with his famous lines!

The Blorenge, which rhymes with orange, is an 1,840-foot hill in Wales.

Walt Whitman worked as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. His experiences led to the poetry collection "Drum Taps."

Firefox

The red panda is also known as the firefox in English.

In 2010, the reverse of the U.S. one penny coin was changed from the Lincoln Memorial to a Union Shield with a scroll reading "one cent" superimposed on it.

George Burns

George Burns was buried with three cigars and $1,008 in his pocket so he could play bridge. Now that is news you can use.

The hibiscus is the the flower most commonly associated with Hawaii. The official state flower is the yellow Hibiscus brackenridgei, known in Hawaiian as ma'o hau hele. The white hibiscus was the official flower of the Hawaiian territory; it is known as pua aloalo.

"These Green Mountains" has been the state song of Vermont since 2000. It refers to the Green Mountains, a 250-mile range in the state.

The joke-like lines, "Knock, knock, knock! Who's there.." appear in Shakespeare's "Macbeth," spoken by the porter in Act II.

Delmarva

The Delmarva Peninsula is a peninsula on the U.S. east coast, made up by most of Delaware plus portions of Maryland and Virginia.

Wall Drug is a kitschy tourist attraction in the town of Wall, South Dakota, off I-90.

John Paul Stevens

U.S. Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens was known for his bow ties. He was the third-longest-serving justice.

The term "bok choy" (Chinese cabbage) comes from the mandarin baicai, or "white vegetable."

Cumulus humilis is a low, puffy cloud commonly associated with fair weather. However, their appearance in the morning may presage a thunderstorm.

Ducati is an Italian motorcycle company founded in 1926 by three brothers.

Kellogg's mascots

The mascots for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes were originally Tony the Tiger, Katy the Kangaroo, Elmo the Elephant, and Newt the Gnu. Only Tony and Katy appeared on boxes of cereal, and Katy was soon phased out, leaving Tony the sole mascot.

Rimmel is a cosmetics brand founded by Eugene Rimmel in London in 1834. In French, "le Rimmel" refers to mascara.

The Hells Angels, before the Motorcycle Club, was the name of the 303d Bombardment Group, a B-17 Bomber group in WWII.