Composed by one of them: Fallen Angels, A Disquisition Upon Human Existence, an Attempt to Elucidate Some of Its Mysteries Especially Those of Evil and of Suffering by One of Them, 1894.

Literature is preserved in honey.  Our proof: The Honey Jar, 1909.

You've heard of "silent pictures," but talkies are mute, too.  From Theodor W. Adorno and Hanns Eisler, "Music and the Film," in Marxism and Art (1973).

"It may surprise you to hear that the Kabbalah teaches that in the future we're going to realize that we have been in the Garden of Eden all along." —Rabbi David Aaron, Seeing God, 2001 (a very lovely read, by the way!)

This article explains why football is crucial to the harvest of our crops.  From the Kansas State Collegian, 1971.

You've heard that the champagne won't drink itself, but —.  From Kladderadatsch, 1922.

We never have finished this one: The Fairy Tale That Never Ends by Louie Stacey and illustrated by Helen W. Young, 1906.

We can now confirm that the following is very literally true:

"The writer of a dictionary rises every morning like the sun to move past some little star in his zodiac; a new letter is to him a new year's festival, the conclusion of the old one a harvest-home; and, since after each capital letter the whole alphabet follows successively, the author on his paper may perhaps frequently celebrate on one and the same day a Sunday, a Lady-day, and a Crispin's holiday." —Jean Paul Richter, Levana

How volcanoes form.  From The Great Sea Horse by Isabel Anderson, 1909.

To fulfill a prophecy, we had to build a legless chair for two in a single evening.

It wasn't merely a prop in that old Bewitched episode in which Darrin had to be fluent in Spanish within five minutes.  It's actually a book: Fluency in 5 Minutes.

The Daily Universe, 1960, says in no uncertain terms that you were hurrying home for a turkey dinner and killed someone.  Fake news!

You know that there were, famously, two actors who played Darrin Stephens in the classic series Bewitched.  But in 14 episodes, the role was handled by neither Dick York nor Dick Sargent.  Who was this virtually unknown third Darrin?  (Hint: it was neither of their stunt doubles, nor is it an "Alan Smithee" who disavowed being associated with the series.)  The answer is actually difficult to talk about, because in 14 episodes the character of Darrin was played by a non-entity: not merely an invisible man, but an anti-person, if you will a Ne'er N. Stephens.  Though spoken to on the telephone, and performing his advertising job either at the office or out of town, Mr. Nobody played Darrin.  The key issue is that the character still figured into these plots — his presence and importance was never ignored.  Darrin existed in those 14 episodes, though played by a no-name, a zero.

Though you may very well associate New York with "the Big Apple" and George with peaches, in fact it's the other way around.  It's a common mistake!  From Piedmont's 1929 yearbook.

Ghosts bring their own welcome mat.  From The Link, 1948.

If you've ever wondered where the music is coming from, check the flowers on your table.  From Taylor's 1980 yearbook.

Finally, some news we can believe!

The true cause of the Hindenburg disaster?  From Ric et Rac, 1930.

Cows think you stink.  From Lustige Blätter, 1900.

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Our illustration is from Washington University's 1922 yearbook.