It is not that widely known but…
The word ‘Seminole’ is derived from the Spanish ‘cimarron’ meaning wild men.
It is not that widely known but…
The word ‘casdave’ is derived from the Spanish ‘davecas’ meaning slow connection. 
Brussels sprouts are often cited as children’s least-liked vegetable, but are a good source of the elusive vitamin K.
Did you know that Brussels sprouts are a variety of cabbage? Or that most Brussels sprouts in the US are grown in California?
Georges Remi – “Herge” of Tintin fame – was born in Brissels, Belgium in 1907
Hercule Poirot, Dame Agatha Christie’s literary invention, was not a Frenchman, but a Belgian.
The title character in “Agatha Christie’s Poirot”, on A&E, is played by David Suchet.
Peter Ustinov has also played Poirot.
A&E recently recieved the most Emmy nominations for a basic cable network, 14.
Not many people know, Sammy, that Harry Lubcke, the third Academy president, suggested the nickname “Immy”, which was a term commonly used for the early image orthicon camera. Later the name was changed to Emmy, which seemed appropriate for female statuette.
Speaking of statuettes, legend has it that the “Oscar” was so nicknamed because it reminded Bette Davis of her husband, Oscar.
I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener.
Edmond O’Brien, Best Supporting Actor for The Barefoot Contessa in 1954, is the only actor to win an Oscar for playing a character named Oscar.
Oscar the Grouch was originally a bear, but his puppeteer got sick and threw up on him, then threw him away. It was later determined that the show was running long on time and they needed “Oscar the Bear,” now green and residing in the garbage, covered in trash. They liked the idea and the rest is history.
Speaking of Muppets, Kermit was originally not a frog. Jim Henson built the original Kermit out of an old green cloth coat of his mother’s and the two halves of a Ping Pong ball.
Teddy Roosevelt’s 2nd wife’s maiden name was Kermit. TR’s son’s name was also Kermit. TR also had a silly voice, and I think he sounded like Kermit the Frog.
Ping Pong balls are used in a game of Ping Pong.
Frogs and ping pong balls combine to form a common marital aid here in Mississippi. I will not explain further.
Frogs, when hit with a tennis racket by adolescent males, will spread out as they travel through the air, and land relatively unscathed for the experience.
Damn, I can’t think of anything funny to write about frogs or tennis.
ponders
gives up
Frog is a derogatory term for a French person, and it’s commonly claimed that love as the term for no score in tennis is derived from l’oeuf, the French word for egg. Coincidence? I think not.
Did you know that the Leopard Frog lays large masses of eggs. This egg mass may contain as many as four thousand eggs. The eggs are black above and white on the underside.
Despite all that mass of frogs eggs, they still choose to make caviar out of the eggs of gutted female sturgeon fish. Oh, the wastage …