Jul 07, 2005 22:53
Some monkeys burp to show friendship.
Ettiquette dictates that it is improper to use the term "congratulations" when greeting a bride.
I was in Flagstaff this week.
Bottling rights for Coca-Cola were sold for one dollar.
I looked at Jupiter and I saw it move.
M-5 is a globular cluster 23,000 light years from the earth. That means that whatever we see in that telescope was there 23,000 years ago and may not even exist today.
Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826.
The Virgin Islands, Arizona, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and American Samoa do not observe daylight savings time.
Mary Queen of Scots played golf.
Shel Silverstein wrote articles for Playboy before becoming a children’s author.
Vexillology is the study of potions.
A dragonfly can travel 25 miles per hour.
Koniophobia is the fear of dust, and arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth, whilst venustraphobia is the fear of beautiful women and leukophobia is the fear of the color white.
Melville didn’t know Moby Dick was allegorical until after someone pointed it out to him.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a fantastic book. (Stephen Chbosky is pretty much like superman.)