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Did you know? In his mid-twenties, Ernst Mayr trekked through the jungles of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and described 38 new bird species. The expedition helped make him one of the most important evolutionary biologists ever — "the Darwin of the 20th century". He lived to 100 and wrote more than half of his books after the age of 65.

Did you know? Before every single take of his career, Jack Lemmon whispered the same two words to himself: "Magic time." It was his quiet vow to give each scene everything he had — for decades, from his first slate to his last.

Did you know? The idea for "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" began with a hole punch: while punching holes through a stack of paper, Eric Carle thought of a bookworm – which grew into the hungry caterpillar that eats its way through the pages. The holes in the book are sized to fit a small child's fingertip.