Lily Facts

A small town in New York called Lily Dale, is the center of the American Spiritualist movement, and receives tens of thousands of visitors each year, many of them seeking out the town's many psychics and mediums to communicate with the dead goworldtravel.com/lily-da…

Today I learned about the Dragon Lily, a plant that can actually heat itself up to make itself more comfortable for pollinating insects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dra…

The New Orlean Saints are the only NFL team with a plant for a logo. The fleur-de-lis is a stylized lily. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New…

The Lily family of plants are extremely toxic to cats and can cause kidney failure withing 48 hours fda.gov/animal-veterinary…

These plants are toxic to pets: peony, mums, daffodil, lily, tulip, iris, foxglove, dieffenbachia (dumb cane,) autumn crocus, sago palm, and rhododendron/azaleas. petmd.com/dog/infographic…

Lily Allen wrote a song dissing her brother Alfie in 2007, criticizing him for his lazy behavior. Since then he's done well for himself best known for playing Theon Greyjoy in HBO's Game of Thrones. thehits.co.nz/spy/alfie-a…

Fossils of sea creatures called Ammonites are considered holy symbols in the folk Hindu beliefs of India and Nepal. They and other marine fossils are found in the Himalayas, which were raised from the now-drained Tethys Sea. Climbers to Mt Everest have brought back fossils of Sea Lilies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha…

The words ebony, ivory, lily, and oasis originate from Egyptian through Greek and sometimes Latin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egy…

In the late 80s NASA studied house plants as a means of providing cleaner and purer air for their space stations. They found Peace Lilies and Chrysanthemums to be the best all rounders at air filtering. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAS…

Painter Claude Monet had the lens of his eyes removed after developing cataracts. After the surgery, he started painting lilies that he had previously painted white before, as blue, leading to the idea that he could have been perceiving UV light, which most normal humans cannot. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cla…

Although these names are common now, when they appeared in the 60s in songs like Eleanor Rigby, See Emily Play & Pictures of Lily, they were rare: and were meant to evoke a sense of Victoriana. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ele…

Alfie Allen, who plays Theon Greyjoy on the Game of Thrones is the brother of singer and song writer, Lily Allen telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/0…

Today I learned of Lily Renee, who escaped the Holocaust, moved to NY, and became one of the first ever successful female comic illustrators under a pseudonym en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil…

Hostas (and many other types of lilies) are toxic for dogs aspca.org/pet-care/animal…

Johnny Depp’s daughter, Lily-Rose Melody Depp, is the goddaughter of singer Marilyn Manson. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil…

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have given out awards since 2007 in the category of "Most Egregious Age Difference between Leading Man and Love Interest". Past "winners" include Warren Beatty & Lily Collins (52 years), and Chloe Grace Moretz & John Malkovich (44 years). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All…

Lily Allen wrote a song about her brother trying to get him to go out of his room and stop wasting his life. The brother is Alfie Allen, who now plays Theon Greyjoy on Game of Thrones. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf…

Miss Frizzle on "The Magic School Bus" was voiced by Lily Tomlin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis…

British singer Lily Allen's 2007 single, "Alfie" is about her lazy pothead brother and how she wants him to make something of his life instead of being a bum. Her brother is Alfie Allen, better known as the actor who plays Theon Greyjoy in HBO's "Game of Thrones". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf…

Monet diverted the river Epte into his property in Giverny, France, to create his water lily garden cnbc.com/amp/2015/07/07/c…

Actor Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy on Game of Thrones) is pop star Lily Allen's brother. The song "Alfie" was about him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf…

Woody Allen's first movie was What's Up Tiger Lily, which was an existing Japanese spy movie into which Allen merely overdubbed lines in English. The new lines had nothing to do with the plot of the original movie and changed it to a comedy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wha…

Alfie Allen, the actor who plays Theon Greyjoy on Game of Thrones, is the younger brother of singer Lily Allen. Her single 'Alfie' was written about him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf…

Lily Allen supported the British government in targeting file sharers violating copyright laws and there was a backlash because it was found that she plagiarized in her blog supporting it, making her a hypocrite en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil…

The only known smell that males are more sensitive to is bourgeonal - the chemical that gives the Lily of the Valley its scent. Incidentally, it also helps sperm swim faster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bou…

The actress that played Herman Munster's wife, Lily, was actually older than Grandpa Munster in real life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…

In How I Met Your Mother, Lily's annoying ex-boyfriend Scooter is played by NPH's life partner, David Burtka imdb.com/name/nm0123488/

Yams are more closely related to lilies than they are to sweet potatoes extension.illinois.edu/ga…

The actor that plays Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) is Lily Allen's brother, and her song "Alfie" is about him. youtu.be/-RgOm_WJKpE

An artist launched a 50-year-old Japanese white pine bonsai, along with an arrangement of orchids, hydrangeas, lilies and irises, into space. The goal was to explore how plants would bloom, decay and change outside of the earth, and also capture their beauties with the Earth as a background. huffingtonpost.com/2014/0…

Alan Rickman was one of the very few people other than Rowling to know (years ahead of the last book's publication) that Snape had been in love with Lily. Rowling shared this information with him so he would better understand his relationship with Harry. imdb.com/title/tt1201607/…

, the comedy song "Lily the Pink" was No. 1 in the UK in 1968. It's about Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound's supposed curative effects for "women's problems". The group included Mike McGear (Paul McCartney's brother), backing vocals of Elton John, Tim Rice, and Jack Bruce (of Cream) on guitar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil…

Allyson Hannigan, who plays Lily in How I Met Your Mother used to babysit for the kids of Bob Saget, who now narrates the show. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aly…

The Banana is a berry also The banana plant is the world's largest herb and a member of the lily family. Also they walk.

Lily Allen, Zac Efron, Harry Styles and Mark Wahlberg have more than 2 nipples. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sup…

The outrageous voice of Edna Mode in Pixar's 'The Incredibles' was done by the films director Brad Bird. Bird did the temp track for preproduction, and when he asked actress Lily Tomlin to read for it, Lily told Brad he nailed it, and should just do it himself. movies.radiofree.com/inte…

The song Alfie by Lily Allen is about the actor who plays Theon Greyjoy on Game of Thrones. Her brother. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf…

There is a molecule in the corn lily plant that causes vertebrate animals to give birth to cyclops babies after they eat it. This molecule is called cyclopamine and it acts by interfering with the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc…

Lilies are HIGHLY toxic to cats. Exposure to the pollen, two or three leaves/petals, or drinking water from the vase, is enough to kill a cat. petpoisonhelpline.com/poi…

Lily Allen and Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy from Game of Thrones) are actually brother and sister. They're also 3rd Cousin's with Sam Smith en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil…

Lily Tomlin was originally scheduled to voice Edna Mode in the film The Incredibles. After hearing the director, Brad Bird, give an example of how the character should sound, Tomlin relinquished the role to him because she thought her interpretation would not be as funny. books.google.com/books?id…

Lily Allens brother is Alfie Allen (aka. Theon Greyjoy from GOT) and in 2006 she wrote a song about what a giant pothead he is. youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2Gr…

A family of lily plant has a genome about 50 times the size of a human genome. news.sciencemag.org/2010/…

Jason Segel (Marshal Erikkson in HIMYM) Didn't know his father was going to die in the show until Alyson Hannigan (Lily Aldrin) said her line while filming. His reaction was so perfect they only filmed that one take. youtube.com/watch?v=wTyYL…

There is a plant (dead horse arum lily) that mimics the look of a anus and smell of a dead animal in order to attract flies and aid in pollination en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel…

The actor who plays Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones is Lily Allen's little brother. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf…

Today I learned of Crinoids, marine animals that have stalks attaching them to the ocean floor as juveniles and separate from the stalks when they become adults. Their name means "lily form" in Greek. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cri…

Alfie Allen (Theon on Game of Thrones) is Lily Allen's brother and namesake of her song "Alfie." dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz…

In the Harry Potter series Lily Potter's maiden name (Evans) is based off of author George Eliot's real name (Mary Anne Evans) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ord…

Michael Hutchence, former lead singer of INXS who committed suicide, has a daughter named Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau…