European Starlings were introduced to North America in the early 1890s by Eugene Schieffelin, a member of the American Acclimatization Society, who believed that every bird from Shakespeare’s plays should be introduced to North America; the 200 million plus starlings now residing in the United States are descended from the original 100 birds he released in two batches in New York City.

Roughly 1 out of 600 people have ren arcuatus or, horsehoe kidney, a congenital disorder wherein their two kidneys are fused into one large U-shaped kidney. The disorder is rarely discovered as it is typically asymptomatic; patients usually find out they have it as a result of examination for another issue.