Blame Pastis.
Someone has probably already brought this up, but why are the birds blue? I remember them being yellow in the original strips.
Here’s some mythology trivia: Medusa was not a goddess. She was a gorgon.
Isinglass was also the stuff they used to make clear curtains and the the rear windshields of convertible cars before the invention of clear plastic.
@ runar: I guess I’m not the only one who read “Bored of the Rings.”
The Earth is not mostly water; it is mostly covered in water. Just sayin’.
Blame Pastis.