Trivia and Amazing Facts
- 98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska
- The British call a large umbrella, especially one that is bulky or awkwardly wrapped, a "gamp." It is in allusion to the umbrella of Mrs. Gamp in Charles Dickens' work Martin Chuzzlewit
- The act of a husband murdering his wife is called "uxoricide"
- The descriptive phrase "eighty pence to the pound" is a British term meaning "not all there" or "stupid"
- There are many definitions in the dictionary for the word "bob," which includes its use as a noun when used for a suckling calf
