Over the Moon

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

Pop!

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

No Rhyme, Nor Reason

No word in the English language rhymes with orange, month, silver or purple.

Magazines

There are multiple meanings for the word magazine. It can mean the clip you put into a gun that holds the bullets that are fired AND it can mean a publication like US or People.

Here is a poem I wrote using the two different meanings:

A magazine hidden in

A magazine holding it together

Are 2-D bodies air-brushed

To perfection - angry at not

Having one, so gonna take

Some out-of-this-world with

A click-clack sound of 

Emptying the clip with

The pleasure of squeezing

The trigger happy trigger

Gat-gat-gat is a gun

For fun - it's not a video game -

They won't come back after

You shut down and reboot -

Shoot! You didn't know that?

That magazine held

The magazine that

Held the bullets that

Took out a generation...

Virtually.

For real.

Breathe Right

If you can't breathe well, maybe it's because God gave humans only one nose and slugs four noses!

Horse Express

There was not a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!

Less Than a Penny

Hummingbirds can weigh less than a penny!

Afraid of the Dark

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb, was afraid of the dark!

Eyebrowlessness

Mona Lisa did not have eyebrows because in Renaissance Florence it was the fashion to shave them off.

Iwo Jima

On this date in 1945, United States Marines landed on the tiny Japanese island of Iwo Jima and were met with heavy resistance.

4 Stars

Having lived in Chicago for almost 4 years, I feel I should know some facts about the city I have been trying to call home. The four stars on the municipal flag stand for: Fort Dearborn,  the Chicago Fire,  the World's Columbian Exposition, and the Century of Progress Exposition.

Also, the blue stripes represent the Chicago River and Lake Michigan.

Strangers...

Strangers in your dreams are actually people you've seen in real life. "The human brain is responsible for many complex creations, but it can't invent the image of people."

SMILE!

Smiling takes 5 to 53 muscles!! Sounds like a friendly facial workout to me! Get to smiling, folks!

Stop Graupeling

Now it may sound like grovel, but it's really "graupel." And who knew there were so many different kinds of precipitation and snow?! I surely didn't. However, "graupel" is what happens when "supercooled droplets of water are collected and freeze on a falling snowflake." HOW COOL IS THAT? "Supercool!" So stop your groveling about what the winter does to your social life and get out there and be amazed at the graupel. It can also look like those little polystyrene balls found in cheap carnival prizes or the Dippin Dots ice cream you can get at carnivals!

King of Hearts Card

"The King of Hearts is the only king without 

a mustache on a standard playing card!"

HAPPY VALENTINE's DAY!!

Not Trying to Be Gross...

http://now.msn.com/sea-slug-has-regenerating-penis

WOW! God's creatures are amazingly complex! They certainly are, "...fearfully and wonderfully made."

I'll Do That In A...

JIFFY!!

"A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second."

Popeye's Nephews

"The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!"

Royally Flown

This is very interesting:

"Should there be a crash, Prince Harry and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution."

Set Me Up

I really enjoy words and their meanings, BUT I didn't know this:

"Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions!"

Nutty Squirrels

"It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!"

That's Greek to Me

Who knew that China has more English-speaking people than the United States.

Clam Chow-Duh

I was born in Massachusetts and I have never seen this, EXCEPT the tomato-base New York clam chowder:

"In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos in clam chowder."

Pantless

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because
he doesn't wear pants.

Housecoat?

Now I'm not sure what constitutes as a "housecoat," but being raised in California and sometimes being lazy on a Saturday, I probably violated this:

"California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat."

Philly Pretzels

I used to live in Philadelphia and didn't know this and I can't remember if I ever violated this law/act:

"In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760."

Notice the one above is on a napkin.

Black Mold

I had no idea that black mold could grow in a freezer! I learned that because it is a moist environment it is the prime location for mold to grow.

Football Fields

I thought a football field was simply 100 yards. I learned otherwise. The end zones add an additional 20 yards to the field. SO when Jacoby Jones ran 109 yards during the Super Bowl I was confused because I didn't realize that there were more than 100 yards on a football field to run! What a feat he accomplished.

Snowflakes

Snowflakes are quite beautiful. I was able to see them up close as they came to rest on the window sill of my car window. I was also able to watch them alight the rest of my car as I was stopped at a red light. They ARE all very different and just simply beautiful... it made me feel special. I am and we are all like these magical little flecks of fluffy, light crystalline water: unique and only here for a short time.

Rocky's Pope

On this date in the year 772 Adrian I began his reign as Catholic Pope. Maybe this is why Rocky screamed, "Adrian!" when what he really needed was some Divine Intervention.