Angel Island was the central Immigration Station for the West Coast from 1910 til some of it burned down in 1940.

So I'm doing this orientation tomorrow for the people that are going to Japan this summer on the program I went on last year.  So I was reading my journal that was part of our curriculum and I literally felt so sad that I had to stop reading.  Words really can't describe how I feel right now.  Plus it didn't help that I was chatting with Amy now ( Read more... )

The current way to test for Swine Flu H1N1 is using a PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) kit.

If you work over 5 hours without a break at Walmart, you can get "kicked out". (According to Walmart employee)

The capital of Washington is Olympia.

McDonald's Chicken Selects are actually worse for you than the Chicken McNuggets.

When the first Chinese immigrants arrived to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed with open arms. 

So I missed yesterday's random fact so here's today's!

Male ducks are prettier than female ducks so they can attract the ladies. (according to thtlam )

Chymotrypsin is an enzyme used to sequence DNA and digest proteins in our stomach.

You should eat 25g of fiber a day.