Life on Earth has been around for a long, long time. Over all those years, many creatures have changed so much that they barely resemble their ancient ancestors and relatives. But not all. Some life forms — often dubbed “living fossils” — look pretty much exactly like they did dozens and even hundreds of millions …
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What do you know about Virginia? Did you know that it’s more than 60% covered in forest? The city Hampton became home to the country’s first free public school, the Syms-Eaton Free School, in 1634. Several schools have followed since then in the same location or with the same name. The state has 15.4 million …
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Have you read The History of Dessert on a Stick And Where They Came From? Because this is part two. It takes 43 pounds of ice to manufacture and deliver one gallon of ice cream. But Harry Burt created the delivery truck. Ford was producing reliable trucks at the time and Burt wanted to rework …
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These sayings are funny and pretty common. Do you use sayings like “belly up” and “burst at the seams”? A Hot Potato The idea is that “no one wants to touch a hot potato,” and this saying means that there’s a topic that no one wants to touch, a “hot potato” topic, if you will. …
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Do you see “hummers” and also think of Pocahontas? There are so many things to learn about the hummingbird! Some hummingbird species like the Anna’s and Costa’s are singing birds. Like other animals, they commonly make aggressive sounds like chattering or squealing. Hummingbirds prefer nectar over feeders. Hummers have over 1,000 feathers. Their legs are …
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Today is World Cassowary Day! Don’t feel too bad about not being aware of that, since we weren’t either. It makes sense that there’s an awareness day for cassowaries. After all, these big birds are seriously endangered. We should protect them, too, because cassowaries are delightfully quirky and bizarre animals. Quirky, bizarre, and completely psychotic. …
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What do you know about mushrooms? Did you know that we are discovering new varities all the time? We’ve been eating them for thousands of years. Mushrooms will grow almost anywhere. Mushroom growing in the United States is credited to J.B. Swayne as the first to grow them here. He started the shrooms in Kennett …
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What do you know about apples? There is only one kind of apple that’s native to the United States! Read on to find out more. More than 2500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States including Honeycrisp, Red Delicious, Empire, McIntosh Red, EverCrisp, Ginger Gold, Jonathan, Golden Supreme, Gala, Cortland, Fuji, Granny Smith, …
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They say that you are what you eat. If that’s true, then most of us are… Well, we’re a lot of things you would not expect. If you’ve ever looked at the ingredient lists of some very common things we eat, slather on our faces, or otherwise use, you’ve seen many strange words. Typically, we …
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National TV dinner day just happened on September 10th but do you know the history and origin of tv dinners? Or who the two groups are that claim they invented them? TV dinners came out as compact multi course meals that took 15 minutes to bake. They were affordable and delicious and the people wanted …
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