Larysa banan

01/11/2023

Broadway producer David Merrick once found 7 New Yorkers who had the same names as 7 of the top theater critics in the city and invited them to see one of his poorly reviewed shows. He then printed ads quoting the 7 namesakes' rave reviews. The show remained open for another 6 months.

01/07/2023

The red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus), the national bird of Angola, is one of the more colorful birds in its genus, and its call sounds somewhat like a jungle monkey. Turacos are found in large flocks and feed on fruits. Interestingly, all flock members help new moms with “childcare.”

01/07/2023

Medieval scribes invented a "Patron Demon of Scribes" called Titivillus. He would wander the earth every day collecting scribal errors until he could fill his sack 1000 times. The sack was taken to the devil and each mistake recorded against the name of the monk who had made the error.

01/07/2023

01/07/2023