Fruit Loops Toucan Sam

Toucan Sam is the cartoon toucan mascot for Kellogg’s Froot Loops breakfast cereal. Toucan Sam became the mascot for Froot Loops cereal in 1963. With his snappy catch phrase, "follow my nose, it always knows," he became an instant success. In the original commercials, Toucan Sam spoke Pig Latin, and the phrase “OOT-fray OOPS-lay.” Soon after, he began to speak English with the British accent we are familiar with today. There is a debate about whether each loop tastes the same, or if they have different flavors, but according to Kellogg’s they are all the same.

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was a French sculptor who is best known for designing the Statue of Liberty. Bartholdi's statue was finished in January of 1884, and six months later a formal presentation of it was made to the American ambassador in Paris on July 4. It was then disassembled, packed into 214 cases, and loaded onto the frigate Isere. In October 1886, the structure was officially presented as at gift of friendship from the people of France, and installed on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.

The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States and is recognized as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. The copper statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, was built by Gustave Eiffel and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed with JULY IV MDCCLXXVI, Roman numerals for July 4, 1776.

"Mr. Personality"

Monica Lewinsky was the host of the reality television dating program, Mr. Personality, on Fox Television Network in 2003, where she advised young women contestants who were picking men hidden by masks. Some Americans tried to organize a boycott of advertisers on the show, in protest of Lewinsky capitalizing on her notoriety. Nevertheless, the show debuted to very high ratings. The ratings, however, slid downward each successive week, and after the show completed its initial limited run, it did not reappear.

The Electoral College

In order to become president of the United States, a candidate must win more than half of the votes in the Electoral College (currently that would be 270 of the 538 total electors). If no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, the 12th Amendment to the Constitution provides for Presidential election by the House of Representatives with each State delegation receiving one vote. Twice in our history, the House of Representatives has chosen the President -- Thomas Jefferson's election in 1801 and John Quincy Adams' election in 1825.

Founder of the Special Olympics

Eunice Kennedy Shriver was the founder of Special Olympics, and was a pioneer in the struggle for rights and acceptance for people with intellectual disabilities. Eunice was the sister of President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy. Shriver founded Camp Shriver which started on her Maryland farm known as Timberlawn and evolved into the Special Olympics in 1968. Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 5.3 million athletes in nearly 170 countries.

Invention of the Toilet

Thomas Crapper may be well known for selling early toilets, but he didn’t invent them. The original flush toilet was created by Sir John Harington in 1596. Harrington's toilet included a flush valve that would release water from a tank to wash away waste in the bowl. He called his toilet the Ajax, and one of his first installations was for his godmother, Queen Elizabeth I. It took several centuries and improvements in manufacturing and waste disposal for the flush toilet to catch on. Thomas Crapper and Alexander Cummings helped bring the invention to the masses. Crapper was a plumber in England who received many patents for improving toilet technology in the late 1800s.

Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis was born Walter Bruce Willis on March 19, 1955, in West Germany, where his father was stationed in the U.S. military at the time. His career was launched when he played detective David Addison on the 1980s TV hit Moonlighting. In 1988, he became a box office movie star with the success of the blockbuster Die Hard. Subsequent hits such as Armageddon and The Sixth Sense, in addition to his marriage to actress Demi Moore, ensured that Willis remained one of the most well-known actors of his generation.

Muhammad: The Most Common First Name in the World

The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. It is estimated that more than 150 million men and boys in the world bear the name Muhammad. Muhammad means "the most praised one" and is derived from the Q'ran. It is the name of the Islamic prophet. Throughout the Muslim world, it is popular to name a male child after him. The prominence of the name is a good reminder of the importance of Islam to culture in Muslim-majority societies. This name and its variant transliterations are listed as the most popular names in the world.

The Three Musketeers

The names of the Three Musketeers are Athos, Porthos and Aramis. The Three Musketeers is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas. The main character of the novel, however, is D'Artagnan, a poor, young adventurer who leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. Although D'Artagnan is not able to join this elite corps immediately, he befriends the three most formidable musketeers of the age: Athos, Porthos and Aramis.

President John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy is the only American president to win a Pulitzer Prize. Kennedy was awarded the 1957 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book "Profiles in Courage". Profiles in Courage is a volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators throughout the Senate's history. The book profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions.

Stephen King

Stephen King is a New York Times bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres. Stephen King has sold more than 350 million copies worldwide, many of which have been adapted into successful films. King has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. The Bachman Books is a collection of short novels by King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman between 1977 and 1982. It made The New York Times Best Seller List upon its release in 1985.