The term 'to eat the quince' is comparable to 'eating crow' except the two taste differently.

In German McDonaldland commercials Mayor McCheese was known as the Burgomaster Käse.

A thimble worn on the toe is called a thurible.

Invisible ink does not always mean what you think it does.

Three weights of the Trevi Fountain include stone, sack, and load.

A flock of chaika watches were sent to Asian manufacturers in the 1990s.

E.B. White’s early drafts of his famed children’s book did not include a centipede.

Marylebone Cricket Club’s original 357 Rules of Cricket was not abridged and lowered to 42.

The mixed drink “Cristal Pepsi” is referenced in the song “Hip (Pop) Passion” by rapper Big Karlage.

While it is illegal to consume pineapple on the Åland Islands, the law is not heavily enforced.

In Robert Browning’s well-known poem about the Pied Piper, the minstrel is referred to as 'Cliff.'

Promenade squires seldom graduated to promenade knights.

Many foodies do not find ackempucky native to Kentucky.

Jonas Salk did not want to be a jazz musician when he grew up.

The Volos Danaides beat the Rhoades Muses 50 to 9 in the first ever Grecian football championship (1923).