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A dime has one less ridge around its edge than a quarter( check your change for verification)
In New York City, biologists found a unique species of ant in the Broadway medians of 63rd and 76th streets. They are called Manhattanants.
Sunday Word: querulous(adj.) [kwehr-yoo-luhs]~fretful, whining, complaining.
Sentence: My muse can sometimes be querulous.
Saturday Word: fitch (n) [fihch]: 1. (Archaic) a polecat 2. the fur or pelt of a ferret or other polecat.
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The sea otters found in Washington State are the decendents of those evacuated as pups from Alaska in 1965-1972 due to nuclear bomb testing.
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Uh-ohh!! Are we going to have to battle giant sea otters attacking Seattle? Or hey!! Maybe someone can relocate them to Tokyo with all the other radioactive monsters!
Thursday Positivity Quote: "From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Seperate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do- now."
~Epictetus
30-60 ships are buried under the city of San Francisco. The are the remains from the Gold Rush during the time that the city decided to move the shoreline.
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Shhhhhh Josh Gates will be looking for those ships.
Seattle raised itself up two stories.
Not all vanilla beans are created equal. The most tasty have notes in the flavor depending on the country of origin eg. mocha, floral or buttery.
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Schnujo's NOT Doing NaNoWriMo Author Icon - I don't know much about vanilla, but it seems to me that pollinating them would be kind of fun. I think I'd enjoy flying from flower to flower, stinging each one, and then dividing (starting with my nucleus) to form a new cell and...

I think I might have skipped biology class for a few days here and there. Would you like to hear about the squirrels I saw playing in the park though?

One thing I do know about vanilla is that a drop or two in one's coffee carafe before starting to brew will take the bitter edge off the taste, which especially helps when using a cheap brand.
Also, I've read somewhere that an average human can taste vanilla in pure water at about three parts per million.
I've also read somewhere that if vanilla is applied to the soles of someone's shoes, certain dog breeds can track that person's movements, at least until the subject departs in a vehicle or other conveyance.

I'm attempting to become annoyingly erudite. Am I succeeding? *Wink* *Smile*
Mmm French Vanilla + cup of steaming hot coffee. Good reason to wake up sometimes*Smile*
Humble Poet PNG Author Icon - those are some interesting bits of trivia! Thanks!

If I recall, they use little paint brushes to pollinate the vanilla flowers, so not quite as you described. Hahaha!
For the first time ever, in April 2023, there were more female CEOs than CEOs with the name John in the S and P 500.
Sunday Word: hoy [nautical]: a small coastal sailing vessel usually carrying one mast rigged fore and aft.
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One of hoi polloi of interesting facts you offer us regularly. *Laugh*

In Greek, hoi polloi means simply "the many".
Saturday Word: behoove [verb] (bee-hoov)

To be necessary, suitable or adventageous for.
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Quite possibly one of ♥HOOves♥ Author Icon's favorite words. *Laugh*
I wonder, is behoove plural for behoof?
Behoove is a fantastic word that I've never had an opportunity to use before.
Barely anyone smoked pot in the 1960's. By 1969, only 40% had ever tried it and 34% didn't know what its effects were. (or at least they would never admit to it perhaps because it was illegal?)
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1968. First and last time. Discovered wine... and it was legal. *Laugh*
And that all changed about 1 to 2 years later. And hippies were smoking everything. It was Thai sticks and speed, commonly called black beauties and green devils. That was the culture I grew up in.
Affectionately known as ‘Princess Ukok’ after the Altai Mountain site of her burial and subsequent rediscovery, the 2,500-year-old ice-preserved corpse of a young woman in her mid-20s has caused a sensation in archaeological circles—as well as within the cannabis community, due to compelling evidence of her medicinal cannabis use.
The cannabis princess of Siberia - Sensi Seeds
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Thursday Quote: "Sometimes walking away has nothing to do with weakness and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own."
~Robert Tew
Noah's Ark is roughly 150 meters x 25 meters x 15 meters in modern measurements.
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What an AWESOME God! Able to fit all those animals in that small space.
During the 1880's, a baboon was employed as a signalman for a South African railroad and served them for nine years. He got paid in beer.
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