At the Olympics, all countries bow their flags to the host country. Well, all but the U.S. When the flag-holder for the United States of America was asked in 1908 to do so at the 1908 London games, he allegedly responded with, “This flag dips to no earthly king.” Bit dramatic, but alright.

Did you notice the crazy sculptures in the enchanted castle? They’re actually the early concept models for the Beast – you can see they tried out lots of different ideas! Some of them are more lion-like or wolf-like and there are some super scary ones.

Ever heard of a nonce word? Nonce words are made up to suit specific occasions but may not be adopted into general use. The word nonce has been around since the Middle Ages and used to mean ‘for a special occasion’. One example is the famous ‘supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ which was made-up by the writers of the Mary Poppins movie and has come to mean ‘something fantastic’.