- Mel Gibson has 38 lines in The Road Warrior.
- The ATMs in Vatican City bear instructions in Latin.
- The Finnish length unit peninkulma, 6.2 miles, originally meant “the distance a dog can be heard from.”
- The Corduroy Appreciation Club meets on 11/11, “the day that most resembles corduroy.”
- “It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.” — Aristotle