• Dante’s 1577 essay “De vulgari eloquentia” contains a 27-letter word, sovramagnificentissimamente, “supermagnificently.”
• Life Savers candies were invented by Hart Crane’s father.
• (Colin Rose)
• RETROSUSCEPTION is an anagram of COUNTERRIPOSTES.
• “Of all the reciprocals of integers, the one that I best like is 1/0 for it is a titan amongst midgets.” — Sam Linial

Lord David Cecil called Samuel Johnson “an outstanding example of the charm that comes from an unexpected combination of qualities. In general, odd people are not sensible and sensible people are not odd. Johnson was both and often both at the same time.”