- The Greek playwright Aristophanes in his drama, The Birds, first performed in 414 BC, wrote about a world to be created by birds called, in the Greek language, ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ in order for the birds to gain control over the communications between man and the gods.
- The Brazil nut – and tree – are members of the pea family.
- Smoke calms bees when it is blown into a hive.
- A cuddy is a small room or closet. On a ship it usually refers to a cabin or to a galley.
- Donald Bayne is the lawyer in the current Mike Duffy trial.
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