Chitty, Chitty, Bond, James Bond

Fact- Ian Fleming creator of the James Bond character, also wrote the children's book, "Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang" that was made into a movie featuring Dick Van Dyke.

Communist Manifesto

Fact- The Communist Manifesto, a book you can claim changed the world, is only 54 pages long

Dracula

Fact- Bram Stoker was going to call his book "The Dead Un-Dead". He eventually decided to call it "Dracula"

Frodo

Fact- JRR Tolkien modeled the horrors that Sam and Frodo face on the way to Mordor on his experiences in the trenches during WWI

Many Words

Fact- Cat in the Hat took Dr. Suess 9 months to write. It has less than 300 words.

Frightening

Fact- An estimated hundred thousand Americans have gotten away with murder in the last 30 years.

Behind the Scenes- This one really captured my interest, so it gets a behind the scenes plug. I got this fact from NPR, they were talking about a new book which I am off to the library to get. Its called "The Murder Room" by Michael Capuzzo. Its about a cold case club located in Philadelphia called the Vidocq Society.

The Vidocq Society is composed of the world's foremost experts in forensics and investigating. They meet every month to discuss and attempt to solve the most puzzling cold case files.

It is named after the French detective who first influenced the Surete to use the psychology of a criminal to catch murderers. It probably helped his success that he was a former criminal himself.

Charity

Fact- JM Barrie, the author of the Peter Pan story, donated all rights to the Great Ormond Childrens' Hospital in 1929.

Further Info- the hospital received royalties from all stage and movie adaptations of Peter Pan until 2007, when the copyright expired. The Prime Minister worked out a deal that allows the hospital to get the royalties of all stage productions of the story in the UK

Behind the Scenes- from one of my favorite sights, Mental Floss