Archive for September, 2009

Learning Something New

  • Panama is the only place in the world where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific and set on the Atlantic.
  • New York City is one of only 4 major U.S. Cities with drinking water so pure it doesn’t require processing by water treatment plants.
  • Holland is the only country with a national dog.
  • When a meteor lands on Earth it is not usually hot.
  • French dressing neither originated, nor has been popular, in France.
  • Great Britain is the 9th largest island on earth.
  • In Alabama, it’s against the law to play dominoes on Sunday.
  • More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
  • There was once an undersea post office in the Bahamas.

Where’s The Stork

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Where’s The Stork
6″x6″
Acrylic paint and ink on wood
2009
by ~mockrabbit

Apples and Oranges

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by ~carts

Quote of the Day

It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.

- Ralph Ellison

Learning Something New

  • Beavers can hold their breathe for 45 minutes under water.
  • Camels have three eyelids
  • A jellyfish is 95% water.
  • A female kangaroo is called a Flyer.
  • A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
  • Cats have over 100 vocal chords.
  • A Goldfish’s attention span is five seconds.

Yesterday’s Love

Yesterday__s_Love_by_girltripped

by `girltripped

Quote of the Day

If you’re coasting you’re either losing momentum or going down hill!

– Donald Trump

Self portrait in oils

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by *JonBeinart

…and breathe out by `Gwarf

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by `Gwarf

Learning Something New

  • You don’t have to be a lawyer to be a Supreme Court Justice.
  • The first person crossed Niagara Falls by tightrope in 1859.
  • Colors like red, yellow and orange make you hungry.
  • The largest cheesecake ever made weighed 57,508 lbs.
  • The English alphabet in order of its frequency of use is: E T A O I N S H R D L U C M F G Y P W B V K X J Q Z
  • A kiss lasting one minute can burn more than 100 calories
  • Pearls dissolve in vinegar
  • The sound of E.T.’s walking was made by someone squishing their hands in Jello.