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"Book" comes from the word liber. Liber is a Latin name that the Romans used for the thin layer of stuff that is found between the wood and bark of a tree. The Romans used to peel the layer away from the tree and use it as paper to write on. 
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| Three members of the Croatian bobsleigh team at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Dejan Vojnović, Jurica Grabušić and Slaven Krajačić, had all previously competed as track athletes at the Summer Olympics. |
| Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only known survivor of the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. |
| The cap of the thimble fungus, Verpa conica (pictured), resembles a thimble. |
| Two monkeys are employed as waiters at the Japanese Kayabukiya Tavern. |
| Sightings of Captain Cook were common around New Zealand as late as the 1950s. |
| The idea of a two hooded coat to keep your date dry in the rain is genius. |
| In Disney's animated film The Story of Menstruation, the flow is snow white. |
| Peter Jackson medaled in table tennis for New Zealand. |
| Sparkie Williams is still singing from his grave 47 years after his death. |
| Gordon Brown and Kim Jong-Il are both known for their athletic abilities. |
| New England used to be part of the Roman Empire, and China is still part of Japan. |
| After Wild West outlaw Big Nose George (pictured) was hanged by a lynch mob, he was made into a pair of shoes. |
| Wikipedia now has an article about everything. |
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