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12/29/05 - Chocolate contains phenylethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love
12/28/05 - The Blarney Stone is a stone set in the wall of the Blarney Castle tower in the Irish village of Blarney. Kissing the stone is supposed to bring the kisser the gift of persuasive eloquence (blarney.)
12/27/05 - Animal Crackers are not really crackers, but cookies that were imported to the United States from England in the late 1800s. Barnum's circus-like boxes were designed with a string handle so that they could be hung on a Christmas tree.
12/26/05 - New Year’s Eve 1907 marked the first year of the famous ball-drop in Times Square.
12/24/05 - The northern European custom of the candlelit Christmas tree is derived from the belief that it sheltered woodland spirits when other trees lost their leaves during winter.
12/23/05 - The modern Christmas custom of displaying a wreath on the front door of one's house, is borrowed from ancient Rome's New Year's celebrations. Romans wished each other "good health" by exchanging branches of evergreens. They called these gifts strenae after Strenia, the goddess of health. It became the custom to bend these branches into a ring and display them on doorways.
12/21/05 - Long before it was used as a "kiss encourager" during the Christmas season, mistletoe had long been considered to have magic powers by Celtic and Teutonic peoples. It was said to have the ability to heal wounds and increase fertility. Celts hung mistletoe in their homes in order to bring themselves good luck and ward off evil spirits.
12/20/05 - There are twelve courses in the Ukrainian Christmas Eve supper. According to the Christian tradition, each course is dedicated to one of Christ's apostles.
12/19/05 - At midnight on Christmas Eve 1914 firing from the German trenches suddenly stopped. A German brass band began playing Christmas carols. Early, Christmas morning, the German soldiers came out of their trenches, approaching the allied lines, calling "Merry Christmas". At first the allied soldiers thought it was a trick, but they soon climbed out of their trenches and shook hands with the German soldiers. The truce lasted a few days, and the men exchanged presents of cigarettes and plum puddings, sang carols and songs. They even played a game of Soccer.
12/18/05 - Cultured Christmas trees must be shaped as they grow to produce fuller foliage. To slow the upward growth and to encourage branching, they are hand-clipped in each spring. Trees grown in the wild have sparser branches, and are known in the industry as "Charlie Brown" trees.
12/17/05 - America's official national Christmas tree is located in King's Canyon National Park in California. The tree, a giant sequoia called the "General Grant Tree," is over 300 feet (90 meters) high. It was made the official Christmas tree in 1925.
12/16/05 - The custom of singing Christmas carols is very old - the earliest English collection was published in 1521.
12/15/05 - Right behind Christmas and Thanksgiving, Super Bowl Sunday ranks as the third-largest occasion for Americans to consume food, according to the National Football League.
12/14/05 - Telesphorus, the second Bishop of Rome (125-136 AD) declared that public Church services should be held to celebrate "The Nativity of our Lord and Saviour." In 320 AD, Pope Julius I and other religious leaders specified 25 December as the official date of the birth of Jesus Christ.
12/13/05 - According to a 1995 survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.
12/12/05 - The Canadian province of Nova Scotia leads the world in exporting lobster, wild blueberries, and Christmas trees.
12/11/05 - The tradition of Christmas lights dates back to when Christians were persecuted for saying Mass. A simple candle in the window meant that Mass would be celebrated there that night.
12/10/05 - In Medieval times, people believed that ringing church bells would get rid of lightning during thunderstorms. It was an unfortunate superstition for bell ringers. In 33 years lightning stuck 386 church steeples and 103 bell ringers died.
12/08/05 - A cat sleeping with all four paws tucked under means cold weather ahead. ~ English Superstition
12/07/05 - Yule, a very old Germanic feasting time, celebrated when the first snow came. A harvest type of feast, fellowshiping with neighbors for the last time that year before the hardship of winter set in.
12/06/05 - An early pagan winter celebration of ringing of bells to drive out evil spirits. Later the tradition began to ring bells on Christmas Eve to welcome in the spirit of Christmas with joyful noise. In Norway bells are still rang through out the country on Christmas Eve at 5pm. In Yorkshire, England on Christmas Eve, the bell is rung once for each year that has passed since the birth of Christ.
12/05/05 - Montgomery Wards created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
12/04/05 - Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
11/22/05 - A cat sneezing is a good omen for everyone who hears it. ~ Italian superstition
11/20/05 - When moving to a new home, always put the cat through the window instead of the door, so that it will not leave. ~ American superstition
11/18/05 - When a military contractor refers to a "manually powered fastener-driving impact device" he is talking about a hammer.
11/17/05 - Saint Stanislaus Church, in Rathdrum, is the oldest brick church in the state of Idaho.
11/16/05 - The largest coal mine in the US is Black Thunder located near Wright, Wyoming.
11/15/05 - Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump.'
11/14/05 - Iowa is the only state name that starts with two vowels.
11/13/05 - Every bird and mammal except the spiny anteater experiences REM (rapid eye movement) sleep.
11/12/05 - The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
11/11/05 - If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33. She would stand seven feet, two inches tall.
11/10/05 - Keep your nylons in the freezer.. it keeps them from running.
11/09/05 - Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
11/08/05 - The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
11/07/05 - Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye."
11/06/05 - Birds of Prey Wildlife Area near Kuna, Idaho, is home to the world's most dense population of nesting eagles, hawks, and falcons.
11/05/05 - In 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving.
11/04/05 - There are approximately 450 million chickens in the United States.
11/03/05 - No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
11/02/05 - The Battle of Bunker Hill in June of 1775 was actually fought on Breed's Hill, southeast of Bunker Hill.
11/01/05 - It's November 2nd in Kirkuk!
10/31/05 - Pumpkins aren't always orange, they also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings!
10/30/05 - It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation.
10/29/05 - Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
10/28/05 - The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
10/27/05 - A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
10/25/05 - Woody Woodpecker's niece was named Splinter and his nephew's name was Knothead.
10/24/05 - "Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
10/23/05 - In 1836, Alabama is the first state in the USA to declare Christmas a legal holiday. (Only 62 days til Christmas.)
10/22/05 - A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein.
10/21/05 - The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
10/20/05 - There are 201 Mud Lakes, 154 Long Lakes, and 123 Rice Lakes commonly named in Minnesota.
10/18/05 - Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers #1.
10/17/05 - Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.
10/15/05 - Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.
10/14/05 - Black cats were once believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers.
10/13/05 - Jack o’ lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.
10/11/05 - Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.
10/09/05 - Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.
10/07/05 - Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes.
10/06/05 - The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human.
10/05/05 - On the equinoxes, everywhere over the globe, the sun rises true east, sets at true west and the length of the day equals the length of the night.
10/03/05 - There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurssix times: "indivisibility."
10/01/05 - Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson Clinton.
09/30/05 - Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
09/28/05 - Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
09/27/05 - Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax;sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours.
09/25/05 - On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
09/23/05 - Crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they were born.
09/22/05 - In astronomy, an equinox is defined as the moment when the sun reaches one of two intersections between the ecliptic and the celestial equator.
The word "equinox" comes from the Latin for "equal night". The equinoxes in March and September are the two occasions each year when the day and the night are of equal duration.
09/20/05 - Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. ~ Carl Sandburg
09/19/05 - In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
09/18/05 - In 1903 more than 95 percent of all births in the US took place at home.
09/15/05 - All of the squirrels in Lewiston, Idaho are descendants of 5 brought here from Kansas in 1925.
09/15/05 - A pregnant gold fish is called a twit.
09/14/05 - Even to this day, New Orlean's massive pumps and canals drain the city (annual rain fall can be between 60" and 100"). The total miles of canals (above and below ground) in New Orleans exceed that of Venice in Italy.
09/13/05 - New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean Baptiste La Moyne, Sieur de Bienville. At first, it was nothing more than a trading camp on a curve in the east bank of the Mississippi River. Later, the city was organized into a rectangular, fortified community, which still exists today as the French Quarter. The resulting streets were named for French royalty and nobility.
As the community grew to the west, north, and east, it followed the curve in the river, and became known as "the Crescent City," because of its shape. Because the city was surrounded by swamps and marshes (with a sea level of approximately six feet at its highest point), the spring rise in the Mississippi River level, and tidal surges from hurricanes resulted in the building of levees around the city and the river. This also explains the ground level "basements" for most of the old structures in the New Orleans area.
09/11/05 - During World War II it was necessary for Americans to mail Christmas gifts early for the troops in Europe to receive them in time. Merchants joined in the effort to remind the public to shop and mail early and the protracted shopping season was born.
09/10/05 - Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of horseradish in cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles.
09/09/05 - The highest point in the Sunflower state of Kansas is called Mount Sunflower.
09/08/05 - There are more chickens than people in the world.
09/07/05 - Rexburg, Idaho is home to Ricks College, the largest private two-year college in the nation.
09/06/05 - Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling. (This really works... I tried it.)
09/05/05 - Actor Tommy Lee Jones and US vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.
08/31/05 - "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand; "lollipop" with your right.
08/28/05 - Men get hiccups more often than women.
08/27/05 - Huckleberry was a turn of phrase from the early 1800's used to describe something modest or inferior. Huckleberry Finn was the name given by Mark Twain to his character in Tom Sawyer designating a fellow of lower social standing than Tom.
08/22/05 - Huckleberries only grow in the wild, and local pickers compete with bears for their crop and call huckleberries "purple gold". A gallon of huckleberries usually sells for between $15 and $30, but in poor harvest years they can fetch almost $50.
08/21/05 - Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
08/15/05 - One little known huckleberry fact is that the leaf of the huckleberry is used by naturopathic practitioners to treat sugar diabetes, and disorders of the kidneys and gallbladder. The active principle in both is neomyrtilicine. Huckleberries contain tannins and anthocyanins which improves vision and stimulates circulation by strengthening capillaries.
08/02/05 - The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left. (palindromes)
08/01/05 - Number of glasses of Guiness beer enjoyed around the world per day : 10 million
07/31/05 - A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
07/29/05 - Number of British Roads marked to protect toads crossing during the mating season : 357
07/28/05 - In 1903 the average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
07/27/05 - Achy muscles? 2 cups of Epsom Salts in hot tub of water... soak for 20 minutes or more.... you will be sleepy.. sleep and wake up ready to go.
07/26/05 - Candy maker Frank C. Mars of Minnesota introduced the Milky Way candy bar in 1923. Mars marketed the Snickers bar in 1930 and introduced the 5 cent Three Musketeers bar in 1937. The original 3 Musketeers bar contained 3 bars in one wrapper. Each with different flavor nougat.
07/25/05 - The first practical water skis were invented in 1922 by Ralph W. Samuelson, who steam-bent 2 eight-foot-long pine boards into skies. He took his first ride behind a motorboat on a lake in Lake City.
07/24/05 - Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
07/14/05 - In 1898, the Kensington Rune stone was found on the farm of Olaf Ohman, near Alexandria, Minnesota. The Kensington Rune stone carvings allegedly tell of a journey of a band of Vikings in 1362.
07/13/05 - Hurricanes are classified into five categories, based on their wind speeds and potential to cause damage.
Category One -- Winds 74-95 miles per hour
Category Two -- Winds 96-110 miles per hour
Category Three -- Winds 111-130 miles per hour
Category Four -- Winds 131-155 miles per hour
Category Five -- Winds greater than 155 miles per hour
07/12/05 - Sometimes names are "retired" if a hurricane has been really big and destructive. It's like when a sports jersey or number is retired after a really great athlete leaves a sport. When a name is retired it won't be used again.
Retired Names
Agnes Alicia Allen
Andrew Anita Audrey
Betsy Bob Camille
Carla Carmen Celia
Cesar Cleo Connie
David Diana Donna
Elena Fran George
Gilbert Gloria Hortense
Janet Joan Louis
Marilyn Mitch Opal
Roxanne
07/11/05 - What direction do tornadoes come from? Does the region of the US play a role in path direction? Tornadoes can appear from any direction. Most move from southwest to northeast, or west to east. Some tornadoes have changed direction amid path, or even backtracked. [A tornado can double back suddenly, for example, when its bottom is hit by outflow winds from a thunderstorm's core.] Some areas of the US tend to have more paths from a specific direction, such as northwest in Minnesota or southeast in coastal south Texas. This is because of an increased frequency of certain tornado-producing weather patterns (say, hurricanes in south Texas, or northwest-flow weather systems in the upper Midwest).
07/10/05 - Tornadoes, violently rotating columns of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground, are among nature's most virulent storms. In an average year, 800 tornadoes are reported across the United States, resulting in 80 deaths and more than 1,500 injuries. The worst tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of 250 miles per hour or more.
Tornadoes can occur anywhere in the U.S. at any time of the year. In the southern states, the peak tornado season is March through May, while peak months in the northern states are during the summer.
07/09/05 - Hurricanes are part of a family of weather systems known as "tropical cyclones." The word hurricane is from the West Indian word hurricane, meaning "big wind." A hurricane begins its life as a disorganized storm system which forms over warm, tropical waters in the Atlantic. When the storm system become more organized, it is classified as a "tropical depression," and given a number by the National Hurricane Center. If the winds in a tropical depression grow in intensity to 40mph, it is re- classified as a "tropical storm," and it receives a name. When the winds in the storm reach 75mph (120kph), the storm is upgraded to a hurricane. The winds of a hurricane are structured around a central "eye", which is an area that is free of clouds and relatively calm. Around this "eye" area, storm clouds wrap in a counter-clockwise motion. This "eyewall" of clouds, wind and rain, is the most destructive part of the storm. In fact, it is the eyewall that creates the eye, since the rapid spinning clouds in the wall reduce the pressure in the eye and suck out any clouds that may be there. Hurricanes are usually compact storms, with maximum wind velocities extending out 10 to 100km from the eye. Of course, one can still experience gale-force winds as much as 300 miles out from the eye, which is why everyone in the Gulf Coast area is concerned when a hurricane comes a-calling. [Information obtained from Yatcom Communications, Inc.]
07/08/05 - Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
07/07/05 - Rollerblades were the first commercially successful in-line Roller Skates. Minnesota students Scott and Brennan Olson invented them in 1980, when they were looking for a way to practice Hockey during the off-season. Their design was an ice hockey boot with 3 inline wheels instead of a blade.
07/06/05 - In the summer Sirius, the “dog star,” rises and sets with the sun. During late July Sirius is in conjunction with the sun, and the ancient Romans believed that its heat added to the heat of the sun, creating a stretch of hot and sultry weather. They named this period of time, from 20 days before the conjunction to 20 days after, “dog days” after the dog star.
The conjunction of Sirius with the sun varies somewhat with latitude. And the “precession of the equinoxes” (a gradual drifting of the constellations over time) means that the constellations today are not in exactly the same place in the sky as they were in ancient Rome. Today, dog days occur during the period between July 3 and August 11.
07/05/05 - U.S. imports of fireworks from China in 2001, the bulk of total U.S. fireworks imports ($128.9 million) that year.
07/01/05 - Hunt's tomato paste boil cure... cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head. A slice of bread soaked in warm milk will do the same thing.
06/29/05 - The location of Red Wing, Minnesota was under Spanish and French ownership until 1803 when the United States bought the land lying west of the Mississippi River from France under the so-called “Louisiana Purchase.”
06/28/05 - The Marnach house was built in 1858 by Nicholas Marnach and Barbra Georges Marnach. It was built near the Wells Fargo stage line and has walls that are three feet thick. Since 1978 it has been on the National register of Historic places. It is the only house in Minnesota still standing that is built this way. When it was rebuilt in 1991-1993 people from Luxembourg came over to help. Half of the money for the restoration came from people in Luxembourg.
The Marnach House in Elba still stands today. It was renovated by builders who came from Luxembourg in 1983. The Holy Trinity Catholic School which was built in 1920 is still standing (now the Rollingstone Elementary School).
The city hall (located at 98 main street) which contained the jail, court room, and fire station and more recently Stoos Electric, became the Rollingstone Luxembourg Heritage Museum in 1987. The Museum contains artifacts brought over from Luxembourg by visitors from that country and Rollingstone residents who have traveled over seas to visit their heritage. Today families from Luxembourg and Rollingstone correspond on a regular basis.
06/27/05 - Rollingstone is a city located in Winona County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 697.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 km (0.5 mi). 1.2 km (0.5 mi) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.
The median income for a household in the city of Rollingstone is $45,000, and the median income for a family is $49,083. Males have a median income of $34,250 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,294. 2.5% of the population and 1.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 3.6% of those under the age of 18 and 3.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
06/26/05 - The oldest of Rollingstone's houses and shops along Main Street still are on the edges of the plateau on which they were built a century ago; the custom of setting structures close to the rim of a drop-off, thereby saving valuable soil for farming, is typically Luxembourgish. The practice of erecting stone walls to strengthen these buildings and the embankments on which they rest is also still followed throughout the Grand Duchy. And the establishment of farmers' homes within walking distance of a central town is an old European tradition.There are still people in Rollingstone that speak Luxembourgish. Some citizens still celebrate St. Nicholas Day. It is the custom that on the eve of St. Nicholas Day, December 6, "St. Nick" brings good children bags of candy, nuts, and fruit. Another tradition is a Luxembourg dinner in January where a fest of tripen (a blood sausage) and other Luxembourg foods are served. Rollingstone residents still prepare Luxembourg dressing made with a herb called Bonakretchen and grown by area Luxembourg descendants.
06/24/05 - From 1841 through 1891 more than 72,000 Luxembourgers left their home country to emigrate to America. They left because of increase of population, and in search of new land. It was the poorest people that took to the road in great numbers. Their desire for adventure was another reason for immigrating.
By the mid 1850's, it was possible to purchase a ticket in Luxembourg to go to New York City by steamer, and then connect immediately by train and horse coach for Galena, Illinois, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, or Winona and St.Paul, Minnesota. In this manner the earliest Luxembourgers in Rollingstone were carried along to America by the wave of immigration which swept through northern Europe in the mid-1800's. In the mid 1850's the village of Rollingstone, Minnesota, (now a city) was founded by citizens of the Grand Duchy. Over the next several decades developed into one of America's largest Luxembourg settlements.
06/22/05 - Bounce dryer sheets eliminate static electricity from your television or computer screen.
06/21/05 - On June 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to jump from an airplane.
06/20/05 - Private Milburn Henke of Hutchinson, Minnesota was the first enlisted man to land with the first American Expeditionary Force in Europe in WWII on January 26, 1942.
06/19/05 - The Winona, Minnesota Downtown Commercial Historic District and the East Second Street Commercial Historic District contain over 100 sites listed on the National Register. This is Minnesota's largest collection of Victorian commercial architecture on the Mississippi. Most of the buildings are Italianate or Queen Ann style and date from 1857 to 1916.
06/17/05 - For many years, the world's largest twine ball has sat in Darwin, Minnesota. It weighs 17,400 pounds, is twelve feet in diameter, and was the creation of Francis A. Johnson.
06/16/05 - Honey bees' wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz.
06/15/05 - Workers feed the queen and larvae, guard the hive entrance and help to keep the hive cool by fanning their wings. Worker bees also collect nectar to make honey. In addition, honey bees produce wax comb. The comb is composed of hexagonal cells which have walls that are only 2/1000 inch thick, but support 25 times their own weight.
06/13/05 - The life span of a worker bee varies according to the time of year. Her life expectancy is approximately 28 to 35 days. Workers that are reared in September and October, however, can live through the winter.
06/12/05 - The queen starts to lay eggs about 10 days after mating. A productive queen can lay 3,000 eggs in a single day.
06/10/05 - A two-day-old larva is selected by the worker bees to be reared as the queen. She will emerge from her cell 11 days later to mate in flight with approximately 18 drone (male) bees. During this mating, she receives several million sperm cells, which last her entire life span of nearly two years.
06/09/05 - Drones are stout male bees that have no stingers. Drones do not collect food or pollen from flowers. Their sole purpose is to mate with the queen. If the colony is short on food, drones are often kicked out of the hive.
06/08/05 - The life span of a taste bud is ten days.
06/07/05 - Bounce dryer sheets will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them.
05/06/05 - Bounce dryer sheets repel mice.. spread them around foundation areas, in trailers or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.
06/05/05 - Minneapolis has more golfers per capita than any other city in the country.
06/03/05 - Use the original Dawn dish soap to clean wounds - it helps them to heal quickly.
06/01/05 - Dart boards are made out of horsehair.
05/31/05 - Workers, the smallest bees in the colony, are sexually undeveloped females. A colony can have 50,000 to 60,000 workers.
05/30/05 - Heinz vinegar to heal bruises... Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.
05/27/05 - Tonka Trucks were developed and are continued to be manufactured in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
05/26/05 - We know that bees have been producing honey as they do today for at least 150 million years. European honey bees, genus Apis Mellifera, produce such an abundance of honey, far more than the hive can eat, that humans can harvest the excess. For this reason, European honey bees can be found in beekeeper's hives around the world.
05/25/05 - Kills fleas instantly. Dawn dish washing liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Goodbye fleas.
05/24/05 - The queen bee is the only sexually developed female in the hive. She is the largest bee in the colony.
05/23/05 - Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season. It repels mosquitoes.
05/22/05 - Quaker Oats for fast pain relief... It's not for breakfast anymore! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.
05/21/05 - Author Laura Ingalls Wilder lived on Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, Minnesota.
05/20/05 - A group of geese on the ground is gaggle, a group of geese in the air is skein.
05/19/05 - The world's largest pelican stands at the base of the Mill Pond dam on the Pelican River, right in downtown Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. The 15 1/2 feet tall concrete statue was built in 1957.
05/18/05 - Only animal besides human that can get sunburn: pig
05/17/05 - Honey bees are social insects, with a marked division of labor between the various types of bees in the colony. A colony of honey bees includes a queen, drones and workers.
05/16/05 - Bees produce honey as food stores for the hive during the long months of winter when flowers aren't blooming and therefore little or no nectar is available to them.
05/12/05 - Vaseline cure for hair balls... To prevent troublesome hairballs, apply a dollop of Vaseline petroleum jelly to your cat's nose. The cat will lick off the jelly, lubricating any hair in its stomach so it can pass easily through the digestive system.
05/11/05 - Eliminate static electricity from venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.
05/10/05 - Bounce dryer sheets eliminates static electricity from your television or computer screen.
05/09/05 - In the English language, there is only one word that has a masculine and feminine spelling: Blond (masc.) Blonde (fem.).
05/08/05 - To reverse the bad luck curse of a black cat crossing your path, first walk in a circle, then go backward across the spot where it happened and count to 13.
05/07/05 - Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water.
05/06/05 - Eliminate ear mites... All it takes is a few drops of Wesson corn oil or olive oil in your cat's ear. Massage it in, and then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing.
05/05/05 - Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."
05/04/05 - They have square watermelons in Japan...they stack better.
05/03/05 - There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
05/02/05 - In 1919 a Minneapolis factory turned out the nations first armored cars.
05/01/05 - Crayon on the wall? Colgate toothpaste and brush it!
04/30/05 - In the Netherlands, cats were not allowed in rooms where private family discussions were going on. The Dutch believed that cats would definitely spread gossips around the town. - Netherlands superstition
04/28/05 - Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
04/27/05 - Kool-Aid can also be used as a dye in paint.
04/26/05 - When you see a one-eyed cat, spit on your thumb, stamp it in the palm of your hand, and make a wish. The wish will come true. - American superstition
04/25/05 - Coca-Cola cure for rust... Forget those expensive rust removers. Just saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done.
04/22/05 - A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
04/21/05 - Minneapolis’ famed skyway system connecting 52 blocks (nearly five miles) of downtown makes it possible to live, eat, work and shop without going outside.
04/20/05 - Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq.
04/19/05 - The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.
04/18/05 - Other names pertaining to Iraq in the bible are Babylon & Land of Shinar.
04/17/05 - Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization.
04/16/05 - The wise men were from Iraq.
04/15/04 - Noah built the ark in Iraq.
04/14/05 - The garden of Eden was in Iraq.
04/13/05 - The original name of the settlement that became St. Paul, Minnesota was Pig's Eye. Named for the French-Canadian whiskey trader, Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, who had led squatters to the settlement.
04/12/05 - Number of different family relationships for which Hallmark makes cards: 105
04/11/05 - The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
04/10/05 - Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it.
04/09/05 - To remove grass stains use Karo syrup.
04/08/05 - Pam will remove paint and grease from your hands. Keep a can in your shop.
04/07/05 - Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
04/06/05 - Listerine therapy for toenail fungus... Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.
04/04/05 - The car in the foreground on the back of a $10 bill is a 1925 Hupmobile.
04/03/05 - Sun Valley, Idaho is recognized as the home of America's first destination ski resort.
04/02/05 - Hibbing, Minnesota is the birthplace of the American bus industry. It sprang from the business acumen of Carl Wickman and Andrew "Bus Andy" Anderson - who opened the first bus line (with one bus) between the towns of Hibbing and Alice in 1914. The bus line grew to become Greyhound Lines, Inc.
04/01/05 - The nation’s first Better Business Bureau was founded in Minneapolis in 1912.
03/31/05 - Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
03/30/05 - It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
03/27/05 - Polaris Industries of Roseau, Minnesota invented the snowmobile.
03/22/05 - Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns.
03/21/05 - Smart splinter remover... just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue all over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue.
03/20/05 - Minnesota's waters flow outward in three directions: north to Hudson Bay in Canada, east to the Atlantic Ocean, and south to the Gulf of Mexico.
03/19/05 - Lightning travels 90,000 miles a second... almost half the speed of light.
03/18/05 - In 1903 canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
03/17/05 - Lewiston, Idaho is located at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers. The elevation is 738 feet above sea level.
03/16/05 - Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.
03/15/05 - Use white vinegar in a spray bottle to kill weeds between cracks in paving stones and sidewalks. Spray multiple times.
03/14/05 - To brighten your whites, add 1/2 cup of lemon juice to the wash cycle.
03/12/05 - When Goldilocks's was first introduced in the fairy tale The Three Bears, her name was originaly Silver Hair. From that she became Golden Hair, and finally Goldilocks.
03/11/05 - TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
03/10/05 - Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.
03/09/05 - Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined.
02/18/05 - Albertson College of Idaho in Caldwell was founded as the College of Idaho in 1891 and is the state's oldest four-year institution of higher learning.
02/17/05 - The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," uses every letter in the alphabet. It was developed by Western Union to Test telex/two communications.
02/16/05 - The Red Desert in south central Wyoming drains neither to the east nor to the west. The continental divide splits and goes around the desert on all sides leaving the basin without normal drainage.
02/15/05 - Minnesota Inventions: Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, HMOs, the bundt pan, Aveda beauty products, and Green Giant vegetables.
02/14/05 - The first open heart surgery and the first bone marrow transplant in the United States were done at the University of Minnesota.
02/13/05 - The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet.
02/12/05 - President Theodore Roosevelt established the Caribou National Forest in 1907. The area now covers more than 1 million acres in southeast Idaho.
02/10/05 - Honey remedy for skin blemishes... Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a band-aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin, sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.
02/09/05 - Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
02/08/05 - In 1836, Alabama is the first state in the USA to declare Christmas a legal holiday.
02/07/05 - The JCPenney stores were started in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
02/05/05 - Meridian is named for the Boise Meridian, the Idaho land surveyor's north-south line running through Initial Point, located 16 miles due south of the city.
02/04/05 - Wyoming has the lowest population of all 50 United States.
02/03/05 - The coat worn by Professor Msrvel in the Wizard of Oz was purchased in a secondhand store and still had the nametag of it's previous owner attached... Oz creator L. Frank Baum.
02/02/05 - In 1924 local McCall, Idaho resident and Olympic ski champion, Cory Engen, started the celebration known as the Winter Carnival to help curb the boredom of the long McCall winters.
02/01/05 - Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote.
01/31/05 - The Lewis & Clark Highway in Northern Idaho(United State Highway 12) is the shortest route from the midwest to the Pacific Coast and the longest highway within a national forest in the nation.
01/22/05 - The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be confused at a crime scene.
01/21/05 - Soda Springs, Idaho boasts the largest man-made geyser in the world.
01/20/05 - Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
01/19/05 - Rigby, Idaho is known as the birthplace of television since it is Philo T. Farnsworth's hometown. Farnsworth pioneered television technology.
01/18/05 - American Falls, Idaho is unique from most communities because the entire town was moved in the mid-1920s when the original American Falls Dam was constructed.
01/16/05 - In Idaho law forbids a citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
01/14/05 - The Kamiah Valley in Northern Idaho is rich in the heritage and legends of the Nez Perce. It was here, among the ancestors of the present day Nez Perce, the Appaloosa horse was first bred, primarily for use as a war animal.
01/13/05 - Bruneau Dunes State Park in Idaho, contains North America's tallest single structured sand dune. It stands 470 feet high.
01/12/05 - Elk River, Idaho is the home of the Idaho Champion Western Red Cedar Tree, the largest tree in the state. Estimated to be over 3000 years old this giant is more than 18 feet in diameter and stands 177 feet tall.
01/11/05 - The town of Snowflake, Arizona got it's name from 2 early Mormon settlers... Erastus Snow and William J. Flake.
01/10/05 - Percentage of Peru's coca crop destroyed by insects : 20... percentage of Peru's annual coca crop destroyed by U.S. assisted forces in 1989 : 1
01/09/05 - Number of calories in a Hershey's kiss : 25 Number of calories burned in a one minute kiss : 26
01/08/05 - Eliminate puffiness under your eyes... All you need is a dab of preparation H, carefully rubbed into the skin, avoiding the eyes. The hemorrhoid ointment acts as a vasoconstrictor, relieving the swelling instantly.
01/07/05 - The commonly used ten-to-one ratio of snowfall to water content is a myth for much of the United States. This ration varies from as low as 100-to-one to as high as about three-to-one depending on the meteorological conditions associated with the snowfall.
01/06/05 - A snow crystal has 6 sides.
01/05/05 - In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
01/04/05 - The first sport to be filmed was boxing. The person filming it was Thomas A. Edison; the year was 1894. Edison filmed a match between Jack Cushing and Mike Leonard in a studio on the grounds of his complex in West Orange, New Jersey.
01/03/05 - The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in Jelly.
01/02/05 - If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
