Sylvia Shults's Blog, page 24
July 25, 2022
Today I Learned …
An octopus has horizontal pupils; whatever angle the octopus is at, its pupils always stay aligned with the horizon. (From 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop, by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin)
July 19, 2022
There’s A New Book In Town!
That’s right, the first volume of Grave Deeds and Dead Plots is now LIVE!
Welcome to the first volume of an exciting new series, Grave Deeds and Dead Plots. These collections feature spine-tingling tales of true crime … with added ghosts. Each story is a tale of murder, passion, or cold-blooded killing—and each case has resulted in an eerie haunting.
Do the victims of true crime remain to tell the tales of their untimely demise? Are the dead still crying out for justice? Do the departed have stories to share? Find out in the first installment of Grave Deeds and Dead Plots, a new series by award-winning* author Sylvia Shults.
You can find the book on Amazon, of course, but you might also want to try Bookshop.org. When you order from Bookshop, part of your money goes to support independent bookstores, which is just awesome.
*First Place in the Spring 2022 BookFest Awards, for Days of the Dead: A Year of True Ghost Stories
July 18, 2022
Today I Learned …
Handel and Jimi Hendrix lived at the same house in London 250 years apart. (From 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop, by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin)
July 11, 2022
Today I Learned …
The chemical company Bayer lost the trademark for aspirin as part of Germany’s reparations for the first World War. (From 1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop, by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson, and James Harkin)
July 8, 2022
Lights Out #103: Pennhurst Asylum
Who’s ready for a brand-new episode of Lights Out? We’re going to wander the gloomy halls of Pennhurst Asylum. Take my hand … https://youtu.be/71Y8BaVDeac
July 4, 2022
Today I Learned …
America’s original national motto, “E pluribus unum”, was plagiarized from an ancient recipe for salad dressing. The Latin phrase meaning “From many, one” held great symbolism for the colonies that decided to get together to form their own nation. The term made its first appearance in a poem by the Roman poet Virgil called “Moretum” … and it described salad dressing. The ingredients in the recipe, Virgil wrote, would surrender their individuality, when mixed, to form one harmonious, tasty dish. (From Mental Floss)
June 27, 2022
Today I Learned …
Twins Samuel and Ronan Peterson were born in Cape Cod Hospital on November 6, 2016, to parents Emily and Seth, of West Barnstable, Massachusetts. Samuel was born at 1:39 am and Ronan arrived 31 minutes later, but by the time Emily had given birth to Ronan, the clocks had gone back one hour due to daylight savings time. So Ronan’s official time of birth became 1:10 am, making him the older brother even though he was born half an hour after Samuel. (From Ripley’s Believe It Or Not: A Century of Strange)
June 20, 2022
Today I Learned …
Twin brothers Jeremy and Nick Hart retired as British Airways pilots by landing their final flights thirty second apart at London’s Heathrow airport on September 28, 2017. (From Ripley’s Believe It Or Not: A Century of Strange)
June 13, 2022
Today I Learned …
In 2017, an 81-year-old man called the police to tell them he had found an unexploded World War II bomb in the garden of his home near Karlsruhe, Germany, but when the officers arrived, they found it was a 16-inch-long zucchini. (From Ripley’s Believe It Or Not: Beyond the Bizarre)
June 6, 2022
Today I Learned …
In 2017, a food bank in Cardiff, Wales, received a 46-year-old can of soup as a donation. The flavor — Heinz kidney soup — had been discontinued more than 35 years ago. (From Ripley’s Believe It Or Not: Beyond the Bizarre)
