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Missed yesterday's cool fact, I think: The experiment that ultimately led to cochlear implants involved a cat hooked up to a phone.
Tuesday cool fact: In the Soviet Union, it was common for people to take their windshield wipers with them when they parked so they wouldn't be stolen due to auto parts shortages.
Sunday Word: fract (v.) to break, to violate; to break or crack
Saturday Word: Sabaism: the worship of the stars.
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         Like Clint Eastwood? Oh, duh! The other stars.

The only bone in our body, not attached to another bone is right under our jaw. It's the hyoid bone.
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And, I have another bone that's attached to nothing at all except some muscle tissue. My left, bottom-most rib was broken by my drunk brother while trying to keep him from driving to get more booze. He doesn't remember the fight he put up or the chair he busted against my chest, but every time I move wrong, I'm reminded.
Thursday Quote: "The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie."
~Ann Landers
Pearls will dissolve in vinegar as they are mostly calcium carbonate.
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So, don't wear pearl necklace to dinner with a salad and vinegar dressing? I'll have to remember that.
Ichabod Christmas Elf Crane Author Icon - or while making pickles
tj's-jingle-jingling; Ho Ho Ho Author Icon - But I just bought myself pickle making pearls!
Martin Van Buren was the first president born in America. The first one not to be of English or Irish descent. He was Dutch.
Sunday word: (German): sturmfrei: the freedom of being alone, the ability to what you want.
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I truly enjoy my sturmfrei!
Saturday Word: extrorse (adv.) Botany turned or facing outward.
The Golden Gate Bridge is painted International Orange to help it blend with the hills and contrast with the sky.
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Be honest, now: you just thought they got a fantastic deal from Home Depot, right?
Thursday quote: "People usually judge you on where you are currently, not on what you could become eventually. Don't let one comment stop you from trying. File it away or use it as fuel. Focas on getting better. Someone else's analysis of your current position doesn't tell you anything about your current potential. ~James Clear
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Or your past; I was once looked at like I didn't have full facilities because I took a job unloading milk trucks. They didn't know that to get the job, I had to pass a state test and be able to take samples and analyze them in a lab to ensure the milk was free from antibiotics and pathogens. They thought it was just grunt work.

Besides, where would we be if we did not have those people who perform grunt work?
Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead a military operation in the US. She helped 700 people escape slavery. She was never paid.
Tea bricks were used as currency in some places until WWII, eg. Tibet.
A Chicago politician was hit with bird poop as he was addressing the bird poop problem at an area bus station.
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You could say he came face to face with the problem.
Probably just getting what he's giving.
Sunday Word: drapetomania (n): ab overwhelming urge to run away.
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And not, as one might expect, a fetish for curtains...
I thought it would be someone who is crazy about drapes?? *FacePalm*

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I saw Mommy kissing Dave Ryan Author Icon - I was posting something similar, but you beat me to it.
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