The Haiku Trivia Contest!

Let's do something a little different this week. Haiku Trivia! I've got a $50 mental_floss store shopping spree for the person who tells us the most amazing fact in haiku form. A couple runners-up will win mental_floss t-shirts.
Examples:
Salvador Dali
wore a homemade scent made of
fish glue and manure
*
Carly Simon’s dad
is the “Simon” portion of
Simon & Schuster
Your turn! We won't be grading your haiku skills too harshly. You need not include any words that indicate the season—just focus on the 5/7/5.
[See all the previous Friday Happy Hour transcripts.]