Sylvia Shults's Blog, page 18
May 8, 2023
Today I Learned …
May 9 is National Lost Sock Memorial Day, when people are encouraged to let go of all their remaining single socks and to hold a minute’s silence for all the socks that have been lost. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Beyond the Bizarre)
May 1, 2023
Today I Learned …
Postage stamps that went on sale in China to celebrate the Year of the Pig were sweet-and-sour pork flavored. (From 1001 Gruesome Facts, by Helen Otway)
April 24, 2023
Today I Learned …
A crocodile can’t stick out its tongue. (From 1001 Gruesome Facts, by Helen Otway)
April 17, 2023
Today I Learned …
Pub owners in Southhampton, England, checked their closed circuit TV when a urinal disappeared. It showed a man removing the urinal and taking it away in a backpack. (From 1001 Gruesome Facts, by Helen Otway)
April 10, 2023
Today I Learned …
In 2002, in Peterborough, England, paleontologists discovered 160 million year old fossilzed vomit from a marine reptile. (From 1001 Gruesome Facts, by Helen Otway)
April 3, 2023
Today I Learned …
The Russian space program used female dogs in their spaceflight experiments because they squat to pee instead of lifting their leg. No room for that in a tiny space capsule. (From 1001 Gruesome Facts, by Helen Otway)
March 27, 2023
Today I Learned …
In 1920, Ray Chapman became the only major league baseball player to be killed by a pitch. The sound of the ball hitting his skull was so loud that one player mistook it for the ball being hit with the bat and fielded it. (From 1001 Gruesome Facts, by Helen Otway)
March 20, 2023
Today I Learned …
Scientists have found sharks living in an underwater volcano. (From National Geographic Kids Weird But True 8: 300 Outrageous Facts)
March 13, 2023
Today I Learned …
If you could drive a car from the Earth to the Moon, at 60 mph it would take you almost six months to get there. (From National Geographic Kids Weird But True 8: 300 Outrageous Facts)
March 6, 2023
Today I Learned …
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) suffered from a mental illness that made him believe his body was made of glass. He even put metal rods in his clothes so he wouldn’t shatter. (From National Geographic Kids Weird But True 8: 300 Outrageous Facts)
