The expression “humble pie” derives from umble pie, which was a pie filled with the chopped or minced parts of a beast’s ‘pluck’ - the heart, liver, lungs or ‘lights’ and kidneys, especially of deer but often other meats. “Umble” evolved from “numble”, (after the French “nomble”) meaning ‘deer’s innards’.
The President of France is also the ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, Grand Master of the French Légion d’honneur and the Ordre national du Mérite, and honorary proto-canon of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.
When someone suggested putting a wooden sidewalk around St. Paul’s Cathedral, Rev. Sydney Smith said, “Let the Dean and the Canons put their heads together and the thing shall be done.”
The Spanish names Ferrer and Herrera, the Italian name Ferrari, the Polish name Kowalski, the Arabic name Haddad, and the French name LeFebrve all translate loosely as “Smith.”
Will Smith is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office, and ten consecutive films gross over $150 million internationally and the only one to have eight consecutive films in which he starred open at #1 spot in the domestic box office tally.[
Some movies which were once considered bombs, including Heaven’s Gate, Hudson Hawk, At Long Last Love and Ishtar, are seen and appreciated by critics and film buffs in a new light with the passage of time.
If “appreciated” means “not *quite *as sucky as originally described but still a total waste of time”, then yes. 
Michael Cimino’s unchecked self-indulgence when producing/directing Heaven’s Gate caused the bankruptcy of United Artists, and its eventual sale to MGM.
The first MGM lion to roar was named Leo.
Leo the Lion is one of the earliest recognized constellations. The Mesopotamians are known to have documented the “lion” constellation. The Persians called it Ser or Shir; the Turks, Artan; the Syrians, Aryo; the Jewish, Arye; the Indians, Simha. These are all translated as “lion.”
The four US Presidents born under the zodiac sign of Leo are: Benjamin Harrison, Herbert Hoover, Bill Clinton (excellent example), and Barack Obama
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Of the four presidents born under the zodiac sign Leo, two already have a Presidential Library (Clinton and Hoover), and another eventually will (Obama). Hoover is the first-ever president, presidential-lineage wise, to have a Presidential Library.
In French, the word “librairie” means a bookstore. The word “bibliothèque” means a library.
FDR had the first of the Presidential Libraries, in Hyde Park NY, and every former President from Hoover (in West Branch IA) onward does have one.
The King and Queen of England were served hot dogs at FDR’s Summer White House on June 11, 1939.
The last “Queen of England,” technically speaking, was Queen Anne, in 1707, as during her reign that year England joined with Scotland to form the new United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Queen Anne’s Revenge was the English pirate Blackbeard’s (Edward Teach) flagship. In 1718 it ran aground in Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina and later that same year Blackbeard died in a battle near Ocracoke Island, NC.
After extensive research, the pirate Blackbeard’s ship was confirmed found two years ago next month near Beaufort, N.C.
The Vasa was a 17th century warship that sank on her maiden voyage in Stockholm Harbor. In 1961 she was salvaged largely intact and fairly well-preserved and is on display at the Vasa Museum (Vasa Museet). It is one of Sweden’s most popular tourist attractions.
Peter Ustinov played Blackbeard in the Disney film, “Blackbeard’s Ghost,” which also starred Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette. The action revolves around the three of them trying to raise enough money to pay off the mortgage on a residence for elderly female descendants of Blackbeard’s crew. The film ends with Blackbeard rowing out to his ghostly warship, which has magically reappeared in the mist.