IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING

The horn of a rhinoceros is made of hair...and no, mothers, they have no horn at birth.  Ouch!

In the famous opera by Puccini, Madama Butterfly's real name is Cio-Cio San.   The text of an opera, the words that go with the music, is called the libretto.

At one time, Carthage was the most powerful city in the world.   The great general of the Carthaginian army was Hannibal.  Then came the rise of Rome, the Roman Empire and the Punic Wars.  Did you know Carthage was in Tunisia?

The hummingbird is the only bird that can really fly backwards...and no, they don't hum.

Ferdinand Magellan is the 'elementary school' answer to who completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth.  Not quite true.  He did lead the expedition westward from Spain but was killed in the Philippines.  In all, about 232 sailors died trying to make it around the world that first time.  Not every place they visited was happy to see them.
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