12/31/01 - Dec 31, 1687, The first Huguenots set sail from France for the Cape of Good Hope, where they would later create the South African wine industry with the vines they took with them on the voyage.
12/30/01 - Nothing works better to fertilize house plants than unflavored gelatin... it's a good source of nitrogen. Dissolve one packet in a quart of water.
12/29/01 - Alaska has a licensed liquor store for every 234 residents.
12/28/01 - Street vendors in Bogota, Columbia, sell sizzling hot French-fried ants.
12/27/01 - Dart boards are made out of horsehair.
12/26/01 - Coffee-drinking in 16th century Turkey was punishable by death.
12/25/01 - The dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rockies is called a Chinook.
12/24/01 - Countless legends (no documents exist) are told about this Patron Saint of Giving known as St. Nicholas. Within both Western and Eastern Christian Churches similar mythology, or tradition, exists.
According to these legends, St. Nicholas was born in the city of Patara, and traveled to Palestine and Egypt when he was young.
He was later imprisoned during persecutions of the Emperor Diocletian, but was fortunately released by the more humanitarian Emperor Constantine. He attended the first council of Nicaea in 325.12/22/01 - A pig is called a pig until it reaches 10 weeks old at which time it is called a hog.
12/21/01 - A bacteria now called "Lactobacillus sanfrancisco" was first identified and classified in 1973. It gives San Francisco sourdough it's distinctive flavor.
12/20/01 - The largest congregation of Dutch outside of the Netherlands is in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
12/17/01 - The Edsel was named for the only child of Henry Ford.
12/16/01 - Roberto Duran beat Sugar Ray Leonard in The Brawl in Montreal.
12/15/01 - The ostrich is the only bird which gives us leather.
12/14/01 - December, literally translated, is the tenth month.
12/13/01 - Strawberries and cream is the traditional dish served at Wimbledon.
12/13/01 - There are four noggins in a pint.. hmmm must be 1/2 a cup...
12/12/01 - A Roman numeral's value is increased 1,000 times if it has a line over it.
12/11/01 - On December 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States; the United States responded in kind.
12/06/01 - A two-bit moon is in the first quarter.
12/05/01 - The syrup drained from raw sugar is molasses.
12/04/01 - There are two stripes on Israel's flag.
12/02/01 - If you are traversing Kicking Horse Pass, you are in the Rockies.
12/01/01 - A curling tournament is called a bonspiel.
11/30/01 - New York became the U.S. federal capital in 1789.
11/29/01 - New York was the first city to have more than one television station.
11/28/01 - The Associated Press is the world's largest news agency.
11/27/01 - I might be naive, but I'm not stupid. I know you must think I screwed up and put a thought on the fact page.. trust me.. this is a little known fact.
11/25/01 - A librocubicularist is someone who reads in bed.
11/24/01 - The Berlin Wall was erected overnight in August of 1961.
11/23/01 - Bangladesh was formerly East Pakistan.
11/22/01 - On Nov. 22, 1963, President Kennedy was shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally, in the same limousine as Kennedy, was seriously wounded. Lee Harvey Oswald, suspected of assassinating the president, was arrested.
11/21/01 - On Nov. 21, 1942, the Alaska highway across Canada was formally opened.
11/20/01 - On Nov. 20, 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
11/19/01 - On Nov. 19, 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
11/18/01 -In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays.
11/17/01 - On Nov. 17th, 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially completed Capitol building. (I just noticed that it has said "Thoughts" at the top of this page.. eeks.. has it been a bad year?)
11/16/01 - Kodak is the world's largest user of silver.
11/15/01 - KABUL (Reuters) - A group of Kabul men flung off their baggy trousers and tunics Thursday for a game of post-Taliban soccer, free from the threat of interruption by the fundamentalist militia carrying out a public execution.
"In the past, soccer matches were interrupted and executions would be carried out for everyone to see," said Ahmed Marof in the middle of a practice soccer match in the same Kabul football ground that the Taliban used for shooting criminals.11/14/01 - One hundred fifty years ago, on Nov. 14th, 1851, Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick" was published.
11/13/01 - On Nov. 13, 1775, during the American Revolution, U.S. forces captured Montreal.
11/12/01 - On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since opening in New York Harbor in 1892. On Nov. 12th, 2001 an American Airlines plane went down in Queens, New York...
11/11/01 - On Nov. 11, 1918, fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.
11/10/01 - In 1975, the ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald and its crew of 29 vanished during a storm in Lake Superior.
11/09/01 - The Nile is 4,132 miles in length making it the longest river in the world.
11/04/01 - On Nov. 4, 1979, the Iranian hostage crisis began as militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. For some of the hostages, it was the start of 444 days of captivity.
11/03/01 - Mount Kilimanjaro is the world's highest mountain that's not part of a range.
11/02/01 - Superstition has it that you should never have peacock feathers in a house for decoration.
11/01/01 - On Nov. 1, 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.
10/31/01 - Attitudes toward Halloween varied widely among the various European groups that settled in North America. New England was initially settled by English Puritans, members of a strict Protestant sect that rejected Halloween as a Catholic and pagan holiday. However, other British colonists successfully transplanted Halloween traditions in southern colonies such as Virginia and Maryland. Irish immigrants helped popularize Halloween traditions throughout the United States in the mid-19th century. As belief in many of the old superstitions waned during the late 19th century, Halloween was increasingly regarded as a children's holiday.
10/30/01 - Halloween traditions thought to be incompatible with Christianity often became linked with Christian folk beliefs about evil spirits. Although such superstitions varied a great deal from place to place, many of the supernatural beings now associated with Halloween became fixed in the popular imagination during the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance (14th to 17th century). In British folklore, small magical beings known as fairies became associated with Halloween mischief. The jack-o'-lantern, originally carved from a large turnip rather than a pumpkin, originated in medieval Scotland. Various methods of predicting the future, especially concerning matters of romance and marriage, were also prominent features of Halloween throughout the British Isles.
10/29/01 - Many of the ancient peoples of Europe marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter by celebrating a holiday in late autumn. The most important of these holidays to influence later Halloween customs was Samhain, a holiday observed by the ancient Celts, a tribal people who inhabited most of Western and Central Europe in the first millennium BC. Among the Celts, Samhain marked the end of one year and the beginning of the next. It was one of four Celtic holidays linked to important transitions in the annual cycle of seasons. Samhain began at sundown on October 31 and extended into the following day. According to the Celtic pagan religion, known as Druidism, the spirits of those who had died in the preceding year roamed the earth on Samhain evening. The Celts sought to ward off these spirits with offerings of food and drink. The Celts also built bonfires at sacred hilltop sites and performed rituals, often involving human and animal sacrifices, to honor Druid deities.
10/28/01 - Halloween is symbolically associated with death and the supernatural. Halloween falls on the eve of All Saints' Day, also known as Allhallows or Hallowmas, a holy day in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. Originally a pagan festival of the dead, All Saints' Day was established by the Catholic Church in the 9th century to honor Christian saints. All Souls' Day, a holy day established by the Catholic Church in the 10th century, is also closely linked to Halloween. All Souls' Day, on November 2, is observed to help purify the spirits of the dead.
10/27/01 - Reindeer fact: According to the Alaska Department of Fish and game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid December. Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.
Therefore, according to every historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, every single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen........had to be a girl.
We should've known. Only women would be able to drag a fat man in a red velvet suit all around the world in one night, and not get lost. (Thanks for this contribution! *S*)10/26/01 - Iraq contains the greater lenghts of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
10/25/01 - John Glen (the astronaut) won $25,000 on Name That Tune. Now that's something worth remembering...
10/24/01 - The United States purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917.
10/23/01 - Cairo is the largest city in Africa.
10/22/01 - Disc jockey Robert Smith was also known as Wolf Man Jack. Does that name bring back memories or what! *L*
10/21/01 - If kept in running or dimly-lit water, goldfish will lose their color.
10/20/01 - A calorie is a unit of heat that will raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree celsius.
10/18/01 - Peter Minuit purchased Manhatten Island for the equivelent of $24.
10/17/01 - Japan is the world's largest exporter of frog legs.
10/16/01 - Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1975.
10/15/01 - Kabul is 11 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time.
10/14/01 - It is 6,845 miles from Lewiston, Idaho to Kabul, Afghanistan... as the crow flies.
10/13/01 - The frequency of a cat's purr is about 26 cycles per second, the same frequency as an idiling diesel truck engine.
10/11/01 - A typical cat spends one third of it's life grooming itself.
10/10/01 - Solitaire is the most widely played card game in the world.
10/08/01 - Hawaii is the only state that doesn't have a border.
09/24/01 - Quinine is added to water to make tonic water.
09/23/01 - Muslims believe that there were many prophets in the past including Adam, Noah, Moses and Jesus. They believe that Muhammad was the last prophet to receive a revelation from God in the form of the Koran, or Book of God.
09/22/01 - Islam is the second largest religion in the world and is the major religion in over 48 countries. It is the third largest religion in the United States , after Christianity and Judaism. It is one of the fastest growing religions in the world.
09/21/01 - At any average spot on earth's surface, the air is pressing against each square inch of your body with approximately 14.7 pounds of force.
09/20/01 - A Muslim is a follower of the Islamic religion.
09/19/01 - Osama bin Laden has four wives and 14 to 18 children.
09/16/01 - During a weekly rally normally reserved to criticize the United States, the Cuban government condemned terrorism and expressed it's support for the American people following the September 11th hijackings.
09/14/01 - Muslims believe in one God, Allah, and that Muhammad was Allah's prophet. The name of the religion, Islam, means "submission to God's will."
09/13/01 - There are 14 pounds in a stone.
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09/11/01 - This was the worst day in the history of the United States. Life as we know it will change... this day was unbelievable.
09/10/01 - A cricket wicket is either of the 2 sets of 3 rods topped by 2 crosspieces at which the ball is bowled in cricket. (How's that? *S* I think I must need a picture to grasp this one!)
09/09/01 - There are three stumps in a cricket wicket. (hmmm.. I wonder what a cricket wicket is... )
09/08/01 - Camp David was named for David Eisenhower II.
09/07/01 - Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in 1961.
09/06/01 - Sagebrush is the state flower of Nevada.
09/05/01 - Banff was Canada's first national park.
09/04/01 - The most common surname in the world is Chang.
09/03/01 - You should throw spilled salt over your left shoulder.
09/02/01 - Mount Everest is in Nepal.
08/31/01 - Coffee is the second largest internationally traded commodity in the world, right behind oil.
08/30/01 - Harry Brearley invented stainless steel in 1913.
08/29/01 - John Wayne played football for the University of Southern California.
08/27/01 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa has 296 steps.
08/26/01 - There are 20 matches in a standard book of matches.
08/25/01 - Most people can hear better with their right ear.
08/24/01 - Monaco derives it's revenues from casinos instead of taxes.
08/23/01 - The Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays joined the American League in 1977.
08/22/01 - Argon is the inert gas used in fluorescent lights.
08/21/01 - The Rose Bowl began as an East-West contest between Michigan and Stanford in 1902.
08/19/01 - Babe Ruth's 44-ounce baseball bat was called "Black Betsy".
08/18/01 - The Big Dipper is also known as The Plow or The Wagon.
08/17/01 - The crossbar on a football goal post is 10 feet high.
08/13/01 - "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
08/12/01 - On August 12, 1972, the last American combat ground troops left Vietnam.
08/11/01 - On Aug. 11, 1909, the S.O.S distress signal was first used by an American ship, the "Arapahoe," off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
08/08/01 - There are eight holes in a standard horse shoe.
08/07/01 - St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest city in the United States.
08/06/01 - Grapes are used in the dye for government inspector's meat stamps.
08/05/01 - July 2 is the middle day of a non-leap year.
08/04/01 - Denmark sold the Virgin Islands to the United States in 1917.
08/02/01 - Your sense of hearing is less sharp after having too much to eat.
08/01/01 - A group of bears is called a sleuth
07/31/01 - Cassius Clay was known as "The Louisville Lip."
07/30/01 - The first boxing gloves were worn by John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett in 1892.
07/29/01 - A filly becomes a mare when it reaches the age of five.
07/26/01 - Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a basketball game on March 2, 1962.
07/25/01 - Montreal is on an island in the St. Lawrence River.
07/20/01 - Lou Gehrig was the first major league baseball player to have his number retired.
07/19/01 - The Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps.
07/11/01 - Mosquitoes are the favorite food of dragonflies
07/07/01 - Babe Ruth earned $70,000 in 1927.
07/05/01 - Hudson Bay is the largest bay in the world.
07/04/01 - Uncle Sam was first popularized during the War of 1812, when the term appeared on supply containers. Believe it or not, the U. S. Congress didn't adopt him as a national symbol until 1961.
06/21/01 - The United States won the 1960 Olympic gold medal in hockey.
06/20/01 - Monaco has the world's highest population density.
06/19/01 - "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
06/18/01 - There are more chickens than people in the world.
06/17/01 - In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
06/16/01 - A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
06/15/01 - The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. (BS)
06/14/01 - The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
06/13/01 - A cockroach will live nine days without its head, before it starves to death.
06/12/01 - Pocahontas is buried along the Thames River.
06/08/01 - There are 6 feet in a fathom.
06/07/01 - John Olerud chipped in a pinch-hit two-run double in a six-run eighth inning against the Texas Rangers as the Mariners ran their club-record winning streak to 14 games. Seattle improved to 46-12 and only the 1912 New York Giants, who began that season 47-12, have gotten off to a better start.
06/06/01 - A group of kittens is called a kindle.
06/05/01 - A B-52 bomber has eight engines.
06/04/01 - Canada and the US are joined by the Ambassador Bridge. Looks like I should know where that bridge is! I'm going to guess.. Detroit.. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong!
06/03/01 - North Dakota is the most rural state in the U.S.
06/02/01 - A cat has four rows of whiskers.
06/01/01 - The United States bought Alaska for $7.2 million in 1867.
05/31/01 - Nine is considered the luckiest number worldwide.
05/30/01 - On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.
05/29/01 - Double Doody was Howdy Doody's twin brother.
05/26/01 - Goldfish lose their color if kept in dimly-lit or running water.
05/25/01 - Hydrogen is the most common atom in the universe.
05/24/01 - Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
05/21/01 - Almonds are a member of the peach family.
05/19/01 - The biggest selling toy in 1957 was the hula hoop.
05/18/01 - It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
05/17/01 - RCA stands for Radio Corporation of America.
05/16/01 - Shipyard inspector James J. Kilroy designated equipment as being satisfactory by leaving his mark... Kilroy Was Here.
05/15/01 - Graham crackers were named for a U.S. doctor who promoted them to combat alcoholism.
05/14/01 - Captain Ahab's peg leg was made of ivory.
05/13/01 - Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
05/12/01 - A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds... what I'd give for a memory like that....
05/11/01 - Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
05/10/01 - Ingemar Johansson was the last white guy to hold the world heavyweight boxing title. (Is that politically correct?) *G*
05/09/01 - A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. ( I wonder who was paid to figure that out.)
05/08/01 - Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
o5/07/01 - A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
05/06/01 - Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister and was a sniper in Vietnam.
05/05/01 - The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
05/04/01 - All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
05/03/01 - On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
05/02/01 - On May 2, 1863, Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Va.; he died eight days later.
05/01/01 - Lake Superior is the largest fresh-water lake in the world.
04/30/01 - A turn in darts consists of three throws.
04/29/01 - Walt Disney Studios used Marilyn Monroe's figure as a model for Tinkerbelle.
04/28/01 - The Seattle Mariners set a new major league record (20) today for the most games won in April by beating the Chicago White Sox 8 ~ 5. Go Mariners!!
04/27/01 - The world's oldest golf course is in St. Andrews, Scotland.
04/26/01 - The maritime country with the shortest coastline.. 3 1/2 miles.. is Monaco.
04/25/01 - There are four seams on a football.
04/24/01 - Shredded wheat was the first ready to eat breakfast cereal.
04/23/01 - April 23, 1564, is believed to be the birthdate of English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare; he died 52 years later, also on April 23.
04/22/01 - Wolfgang Mozart composed Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star at the age of five.
04/21/01 - On April 21, 1918, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the German ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action during World War I.
04/20/01 - The Caspian Sea is the largest lake in the world.
04/19/01 - Camelopard is another term for giraffe.
04/18/01 - The near side on a horse is the left.
04/17/01 - Minneapolis is farther north than Milwaukee or Toronto.
04/10/01 - Robert Frost read at John F. Kennedy's inauguration.
04/09/01 - The heaviest land bird in North America is the wild turkey.
04/08/01 - Burt Reynolds played the blacksmith on Gunsmoke from 1962 to 1965.
04/07/01 - An octopus has three hearts.
04/06/01 - Mach 1 is the speed of sound at sea level.
04/05/01 - A vixen is a female fox.
04/04/01 - No witches were ever burned at the stake in Salem, Massachusetts.
04/03/01 - Indianapolis 500 winners traditionally drink milk in the winner's circle.
04/02/01 - The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world.
04/01/01 - Dick Tracey's brother's name was Gordon.
03/31/01 - Elton John was the first major rock star to perform in the Soviet Union. It was in 1979.
03/30/01 - Babe Ruth played his first major league game for the Boston Red Sox.
03/29/01 - F. Lee Bailey defended the Boston Strangler.
03/28/01 - A woofer is a low frequency speaker.
03/27/01 - Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (What about the pig?)
03/23/01 - A cat's normal temperature is about 101 degrees.
03/22/01 - West Quoddy Head, Maine is the easternmost point in the 48 contiguous states.
03/21/01 - Some lions mate over 50 times a day. ( I still rather be a pig in my next life. Quality over quantity. )
03/20/01 - If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth the effort)
03/19/01 - If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Keep Jason, Joe & Steve far apart!)
03/18/01 - Tootsie Roll Industries is owned and operated by a woman... Ellen Gordon.
03/17/01 - A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. hmm..
03/16/01 - Butterflies taste their own feet.
03/15/01 - Starfish have no brains. ( I know some people like that too. )
03/14/01 - Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
03/13/01 - Approximately 40,000 yellow school buses are manufactured each year.
03/12/01 - A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
03/11/01 - In the movie, Babe, it took 48 pigs to play the part of the main character because pigs grow really fast.
03/10/01 - The fact is.. I lost my facts.
03/09/01 - It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs.
03/08/01 - The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
03/07/01 - Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton
03/06/01 - A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
03/05/01 - Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
03/04/01 - Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
03/03/01 - Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
03/02/01 - On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
03/01/01 - Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. (eeewwwwwwwww!!)
02/28/01 - Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
02/27/01 - Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser.
02/26/01 - You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
02/25/01 - Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
02/24/01 - The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.
02/23/01 - The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
02/22/01 - Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
02/21/01 - There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
02/20/01 - Zebras like to hang out with ostriches.. and vice versa.
02/19/01 - Gravel is rounded rock fragments an eighth of an inch to a foot in diameter. By size they are.. pebbles... cobbles ... and boulders, all gravel.
02/18/01 - Cleopatra had her own emerald mine.
02/17/01 - It takes 8 seconds to turn out a baseball bat on a lathe.
02/16/01 - Ideal sleeping temperature, according to experts, is 65 degrees.
02/15/01 - Five out of six muscles on a goose control it's feathers.
02/14/01 - Kangaroos are born before they have eyes.
02/13/01 - On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky. (Actually it was on the 12th... I'm a day late, but then I'm not really.. I put tomorrow's thought in today.. so.. that makes me not late.. just wrong.)
02/12/01 - The Nile River is about as long as a straight flight between New York City and Los Angeles.
02/11/01 - A female ostrich lays from 35 to 100 eggs a year... this goes on for about 45 years.
02/10/01 - Too much coffee is more likely to give you an ulcer than too much whiskey.
02/09/01 - Your ears, if typical, are about as long as your nose.
02/08/01 - Humpback whales sing the most during their mating season. The songs can be heard by other whales from 100 miles away.
02/07/01 - Honeybees may eat up to 30 pounds of the honey stored in their hives over a long winter.
02/06/01 - There are two ways to kill germs in a sponge.. Run it through a diswasher cycle or zap it on high briefly in the microwave. Briefly is a key word here..
02/05/01 - The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the United States.
02/04/01 - What makes the killer bee so dangerous is it attacks about six times more quickly than an ordinary bee. It's even more dangerous, though, because it stays angry about 20 times longer. (I must be part killer bee.. *S*)
02/03/01 - Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
02/02/01 - The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
02/01/01 - The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
01/31/01 - A typical home contains at least 150 magnets, found in electric motors, loudspeakers, microwave ovens, CD players, VCRs, and computers.
01/30/01 - Childhood amnesia is psychology jargon for that natural forgetfulness about what happened when you were a toddler. Few people remember much except fragments of their lives until around age seven.
01/29/01 - The Chinese are dosing male pandas with Viagra.
01/28/01 - The great horned owl has a sorry sense of smell. That's what lets it catch skunks, no doubt. Under one such owl's nest were found the remains of 57 skunks.
01/27/01 - Albert Einstein loved to sail... alone.
01/20/01 - We didn't always celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks, during the first century of Fourths, everyone rang bells.
01/19/01 - Onychomancy is the curious practice of trying to foretell the future by examining reflections of sunlight on fingernails.
01/18/01 - Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
