Of course, Bob wrote the ultimate sexy Valentines song: "Lay Lady Lay".

Befoe "Army of Darkness", Mark Twain gave "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Hank Morgan finds himself transported to the days of King Arthur and uses his 19th-Century technological lore to become a big shot.

The name of the gem amethyst comes the Greek for "not drunken", as it was supposed to shield the wearer from intoxication. A Greek myth tells of a virgin, Amethystos, who was chased by Dionysus. She prayed to the goda to remain pure and Artemis answered her by making her a white stone. The repentant Dionysus poured his purple wine on her and thus she became the purple stone we know today.

Dance marathons were immortalized (kinda) in Horace McCoy's first novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" from 1935. It became a movie in 1969, starring Jane Fonda and directed by the late Sydney Pollack.