Language & Literature Facts

NASA successfully changed an asteroid's path in 2022, showing we can redirect potentially hazardous space rocks.

Did you know that Professor Dumbledore speaks multiple magical languages, including Parseltongue, Mermish, and Gobbledegook?

The Joker made his comic book debut in 1940’s Batman #1, becoming one of Batman’s first and most iconic adversaries.

The earliest dictionaries were written on tablets around 2300 BC. They were bilingual dictionaries written in Sumerian-Akkadian.

Peter Pan had a love interest before Wendy. Her name was Maimie Mannering, a lost girl he met in Kensington Gardens.

Did you know that the creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston, also designed the first lie detector?

Captain Marvel had a love affair with James Rhodes (War Machine), but it didn't last very long!

Did you know that Lennie Small from "Of Mice and Men" is based on a real person who was in an asylum in California?

Did you know that in the Marvel Universe, Iron Man owns Area 51?

Superman is not a magical being, and he can’t win against magical objects such as Aquaman's trident or Wonder Woman's sword.

The name of someone who puts together words to be entered into a dictionary is known as a lexicographer.

Did you know that Winnie the Pooh bear shares the same birthday with Queen Elizabeth II?