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.