The Magic Castle
The Magic Castle is a club for people with questionable beard styles, ie. magicians and magic enthusiasts.
Squash
Squash is a sport preferred by high-powered Wall Street bankers.
Matsutake
Matsutake is a highly sought-after mushroom. The Japanese matsutake at the beginning of the season, which is the highest grade, can go up to $1,000 per kilogram.
Paul Valery
Paul Valery was a writer who thought a lot about thinking about thinking.
Ed Emberley
Ed Emberley is an American illustrator who knows how to draw lions.
Kuthodaw Pagoda
Kuthodaw Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa in Burma that contains the world's largest book. It has 730 leaves and 1460 pages. Each page is three and a half feet wide, five feet tall, and five inches thick. It's made of stone.
Puffer fish
The puffer fish is a poisonous vertebrate that is yet considered a delicacy.
Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona was the world's first kung-fu footballer.
Cargo cult
A cargo cult is a range of practices that occurs in the wake of contact with more technologically advanced societies. The name derives from the belief which began among Melanesians in the late 19th and early 20th century that various ritualistic acts such as the building of an airplane runway will result in the appearance of material wealth, particularly highly desirable Western goods via airplanes.
African civet
The African civet is the only remaining member in its genetic group and is considered to be the largest civet-like animal on the African continent.