Last Things Last

• The last bone at the bottom of the spinal column is called the coccyx.
• Zero was the last number added to mathematics. The lack of zero was one of the drawbacks of Greek mathematics. The Arabs passed it on to European mathematicians at the end of the Middle Ages. The Arabs obtained the symbol from the Hindus. The Mayas of Central America and the Babylonians developed zero independently.
• In Clement Clark Moore's poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas," written in 1823, the last of the eight tiny reindeer is Blitzen.
• The last place in the board game of Monopoly is Boardwalk. After that, you pass GO and collect $200.
• The last thing to escape Pandora's box was Hope.
• Charles I was called the "Last Man" by British parliamentarians who predicted that he would be the last king of Great Britain. His son, Charles II, was called the "Son of the Last Man."
• The last letters added to the English alphabet were J and V.
• The last names in the phone book: Albany, New York...Zywotow, Marvin; Atlanta, Georgia...Zzmmthisj, Zibre; Austin, Texas...Zzyou, Bob
• Citizen Kane's last word on his deathbed in the 1941 classic movie "Citizen Kane" [starring Orson Welles] is "Rosebud," the name of a sled Kane had as a child.