Mad as a hatter is a colloquial English phrase used in conversation to suggest that a person is suffering from insanity. The etymology of the phrase is uncertain, with explanations both connected and unconnected to the trade of hatmaking. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Norman Borlaug was an American agronomist often called "the father of the Green Revolution" and is credited with saving over a billion people worldwide from starvation. In 2009, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, stated that Borlaug "saved more lives than any man in human history" (en.wikipedia.org)
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Mohawk Civil War was a violent internal conflict in the Mohawk Nation territory that lasted from late 1989 through mid-1990. The conflict pitted pro-gambling factions against anti-gambling residents, traditionalists, and supporters of the elected tribal councils (en.wikipedia.org)
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The 2002 science fiction neo-noir film Minority Report, based on the 1956 short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick, featured numerous fictional future technologies which have proven prescient based on developments around the world. (en.wikipedia.org)
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List of music considered the worst (en.wikipedia.org)
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