AWESOME FACTS ABOUT EVERYTHING CLX

1. A lover of words and wordplay is a logophile.

2. A lover of rainy days is a pluvophile.

3.  Phonopobia is the fear of loud sounds.

4. Salt was a term for wit in ancient Athens, and the Romans coined the phrase attic salt to describe the kind of elegant, clever, and understated wit the Athenians were known for.

5. Jackie Robinson's iconic #15 was retired across all of Major League Baseball in his honor in 1997, making him the first professional athlete in any sport to receive this distinction. April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day - celebrating April 15, 1947 - the day Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and ended 80 years of racial segregation in baseball. It is celebrated in every major league park hosting a game that day.

6. Stir is another word for prison, and the basis of the expression "stir crazy".

7. "Pink collar" is a term used to describe jobs traditionally associated with women

8. "The Green Monster" in baseball is the 37'2" high wall in left field at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. The wall significantly affects play, as many hits that would be home runs bounce off the wall and become doubles or singles.

9. TIM the Beaver is the mascot of MIT - because the beaver is nature's engineer. 

10. In the context of books and documents, "recto" and "verso" refer respectively to the front and back sides of a sheet of paper, single page, or leaf of a book.  Recto refers to the right-hand page of an open book, and verso to the left-hand page.