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The sea with no shores
How can a sea have no shores? No beaches, no coastline, and not touching any land whatsoever. It can, when that sea is in the middle of an ocean. The Sargasso Sea floats in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, north of the equator. The water there is the clearest in all the ocean, and [...]
Year At The Museum
This day, July 13th, marks the occasion of being one year since my Learn Something New Every Day blog was launched. It would be a more joyous event except for the fact that I’ve been delinquent on the “every day” part. After a slow decline, this past month the blog has been silent. You see, [...]
Who put the polka in the polka dot?
Here we are again, and it’s time for me to throw down another mind-blowing, universe-alternating fact. Polka music is not German. Not even Bavarian. It originates from the Kingdom of Bohemia. So much for stereotypes. Bohemia is the original name for what is now the Czech Republic. The lively dance music originated there around 1850. [...]
Name That Cloud
It’s finally gotten to the point where I can lay out on the grass and stare at the sky without the risk of being covered in snow. Let’s celebrate with the game show craze that’s not exactly sweeping the nation… Name That Cloud! You’ve probably heard the cloud names before, but if you’re like me, [...]
How Clowns Use Eggs to Trademark Their Face
For the next couple days I’m going to be hanging out with a few hundred people with strange fashion sense at a clown convention. So many clowns, but I shouldn’t have any trouble telling them all apart. You see, to copy another clown’s look is about the worst thing you could do in the funny [...]
Why are there Ancient Grains on my fresh bread?
I just bought a loaf of bread featuring “ancient grains”. (I know… born to be wild!) After carefully checking to make sure the best before date was in this century, I got to wondering just what’s up with these so-called ancient grains. Fortunately, these grains are just as fresh as any standard wheat would be. [...]
David vs. Goliath: David’s not such a nice guy after all