My high school biology teacher was an original. Passionate about his subject, honest and plain-spoken, and invariably good-natured, he was a hero to me at the time. I was terrible at biology but I loved the ideas and I loved him ( Read more... )

Reason #2345252 not to be one of those people who fights wildfires: burning poison oak. Emphasis added is mine.

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They found a seal graveyard that they've been crawling into to die, for up to 4600 years. Wow. Like elephants.