FUN FACT! Bob Kane originally planned to name his creation "Bird-Man," until co-creator Bill Finger crashed through his drawing room window with a better idea while Kane was reclining in his smoking jacket, pondering the criminal mind.

FUN FACT! The alpaca is considerably smaller than its cousin, the llama, which was always more favored for its use as a pack animal, its skill in sports, and its popularity with girls, while the alpaca, overlooked by coaches and women alike, would shuffle by, eyes downcast, jotting a line or two in its notebook,…

FUN FACT! The alpaca is considerably smaller than its cousin, the llama, which was always more favored for its use as a pack animal, its skill in sports, and its popularity with girls, while the alpaca, overlooked by coaches and women alike, would shuffle by, eyes downcast, jotting a line or two in its notebook,…

FUN FACT! The monocle was developed in England in the 1830s, and is still appreciated today by optophiles for the richer, warmer corrective lens experience it provides.

FUN FACT! The monocle was developed in England in the 1830s, and is still appreciated today by optophiles for the richer, warmer corrective lens experience it provides.

FUN FACT! Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century, which flourished as a reaction against Enlightenment-era rationalism until it was eventually devoured by coal-fired smoke-belching Victorian robosaurs.

FUN FACT! Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century, which flourished as a reaction against Enlightenment-era rationalism until it was eventually devoured by coal-fired smoke-belching Victorian robosaurs.

FUN FACT! The American alligator can grow up to over 14 feet in length, weigh over 800 pounds, and feeds largely on a diet of fish, reptiles, and spiced rum, which it sips quietly yet steadily in the cool of the evening, pretending to wash away memories of Joanne, ten years gone now and never coming back.

FUN FACT! The heart of a hummingbird can beat as many as 1260 times a minute, but it will never know true love.

FUN FACT! The heart of a hummingbird can beat as many as 1260 times a minute, but it will never know true love.

FUN FACT! Over a dozen extant species of ground squirrels can be found in the genus Marmota, including the Gray marmot, the Alpine marmot, the Alaska marmot, the Black-capped marmot, the Himalayan marmot, the Long-tailed marmot, the Olympic marmot, the Gravedigger's marmot, the Waiting marmot, the Old Shadow marmot,…

FUN FACT! Over a dozen extant species of ground squirrels can be found in the genus Marmota, including the Gray marmot, the Alpine marmot, the Alaska marmot, the Black-capped marmot, the Himalayan marmot, the Long-tailed marmot, the Olympic marmot, the Gravedigger's marmot, the Waiting marmot, the Old Shadow marmot,…

FUN FACT! Mountain goats are not true goats, but are rather distant relatives of goats, sheep, and muskoxen.

FUN FACT! Mountain goats are not true goats, but are rather distant relatives of goats, sheep, and muskoxen.