Dr. Seuss was creatively inspired by his mother who worked in a bakery and used to sing him little rhymes when he was a child. He said that his mother was the reason ‘for the rhythms in which I write and the urgency with which I do it’.

Did you know that Dumbledore is a real word? It’s actually an Old English word for ‘bee’ – Rowling chose it because she could imagine Dumbledore humming to himself. Dumbledore is many people’s favorite character and the revelations about his youthful love for Grindelwald have only made him more popular.

Do you remember those delicious cupcakes? Well, after Miranda and Carrie got cupcakes at the Magnolia Bakery on 401 Bleecker Street, the place became so popular that it had to start employing a bouncer.