Neil Gaiman’s latest book The Ocean at the End of the Lane was published this last Monday, June 17, 2013.
One of Jodie Foster’s most chilling performances was when she was 14 years old playing 14 year old Rynn Jacobs in the movie adaption of The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska.
Children’s book author Jean Little’s autobiography is titled, Little by Little.
Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s three books about Lisbeth Salander, beginning with what was called, in its English-language translation, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, were published after his death. He left extensive notes for a fourth book which is now the subject of an ownership dispute between his girlfriend and his next of kin.
In the 9th and 10th centuries AD, Swedish Vikings invaded and settled in parts of Eastern Europe as far as Constantinople and the Caspian Sea. They founded the first kingdom of Russia. All the Tsars of Russia were of Swedish Viking descent.
By Super Bowl XI on 09 Jan 1977, the only team that had played in four Super Bowls was the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings lost all four Super Bowls and they haven’t been back since.
ETA: The only other team to have played in four Super Bowls and lost all four is the Buffalo Bills.
ETA2: I mean, the B-I-L-L-L-L-S. 
Former Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant was an outstanding multisport athlete in his youth. He played for both the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
Jack Nicklaus could play other sports too - he was an All-Big-Ten first baseman at Ohio State in addition to his golfing prowess.
Both venomous coral snakes and some types of harmless king snakes have red, yellow and black bands. To tell them apart, people have long used the rhyme, “Red on black, good for Jack; red on yellow, kill a fellow.”
I myself would just run, and think of the rhyme later.
The title of the Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” referred to the murder weapon, “a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India”, which crossed a fake bell cord to the victim’s bed.
The theme from Blackadder is played with a harpsichord, oboe and cello.
Canned music was always used on the Sixties sitcom ***The Addams Family ***whenever Lurch played the harpsichord- though actor Ted Cassidy was a talented organist and COULD have played the harpsichord himself.
Because “Gómez” is usually recognized as a family name in Spanish-speaking countries, in Spanish America, Gomez Addams’s name was changed to “Homero” (“Homer”). In Brazil the name remained Gomez
“Even Homer nods occasionally” is an expression meaning even the best writers or authorities in an area occasionally make a mistake. It refers to the occasional inconsistencies between different parts of the Illiad and the Odessy, customary attributed to a single author, Homer.
ILLIAD is a program found in many academic and public libraries used for borrowing and loaning materials to other libraries, a process known as Interlibrary Loan or, in jargon, ILL, thus, ILLiad.
The National Library of France, located in Paris, was founded in 1480, making it the oldest national library in the world. Originally named Biblioteque du Roi, or Library of the King, it is the fourth-largest national library in the world.
In northeast Ohio courts jargon, “Take it to the box” means “Have a jury trial,” “Cape” means “Capias” (bench warrant), “FTA” means “Failed to appear,” and “DWOP” means “Dismissed for want of prosecution.”
ETA: Ninja’d!
J.R.R. Tolkien did not like the title of the third portion of The Lord of Rings suggested by his publisher, because he thought it was too revealing of the plot: The Return of the King.
In the song “Pride (in the Name of Love),” U2 commemorates Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination with the lyrics, “Early morning, April 4/Shot rings out in the Memphis sky/Free at last, they took your life/They could not take your pride.” There’s one small factual error in the song, though: He was actually killed in the early evening.
The Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly stated that it is not a court of error.