The Planters Peanut Company mascot, Mr. Peanut, was created during a contest for schoolchildren in 1916.

Kermit the Frog was named after Kermit Scott, a childhood friend of creator Jim Henson, who became a professor of philosophy at Purdue University.

Playwright Shakespeare was only 18 years old when he married Ann Hathaway, who was 26 years old at the time.

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