September is All-American Breakfast month so go out and do you patriotic duty by having some healthy, delicious American style breakfasts this month!
Note: A good place to try is Jeanine’s Restaurant and Bakery in Montecito, yum!
Category Archives: Curious Tidbits
Dogs + Good Health
It has long been studied, and proven, that having a dog can do a multitude of positive things for your health including…
- be more physically active
(Let’s go for a walk.)
Patriotic Roses
As an American, have you ever looked at a beautiful rose and felt a pang of patriotism?
There’s a good reason for that…
In 1986, the rose was designated the official flower and floral emblem of the United States of America — America the beautiful indeed!
Stop Humming!
Here is something you really must try, hold your nose and hum. It is impossible. Really, go ahead and try it. See! So, the next time you are tired of hearing someone hum, ask them to hold their nose. Ah, silence at last. Who new?
from Curious Tidbits May 18, 2014 issue
Fun Koala Fact
Cute, cuddly, mellow are all things that come to mind when thinking about Koalas, but did you know that Koalas are the only other mammals besides primates that have fingerprints? Now that’s a fact you can print.
from www.livescience.com
Stagecoach Rides
Ever wondered why public coaches in the early West were called “stagecoaches”?
Chocolate, It’s Good for the Brain
As I sat plucking another chocolate into my mouth thinking, “Can this be good for me?”, the answer screamed back at me in black and white, “Yes!”
Are all kings created equal?
Can you find what is different in these four Kings?
Now that’s a mouthful!
Have you ever been tongue-tied, feeling like your tongue weighs hundreds of pounds and just won’t let you speak correctly? Welcome to the world of the magnificent Gray whale.
These gentle giants of the ocean have 3,000 pound tongues, now that is a wet kiss! Their massive tongues are used to lick off the amphipods (small shrimp-like creatures) which they suck up from the ocean floor that, in turn, gets stuck to their baleen “teeth” (baleen is bristle, a similar substance is found in human hair and fingernails). Gray whales also have hearts that weigh nearly 300 pounds. Maybe this is why their underwater callings sound so heavy-hearted and yet so confusing?
Doubting Thomas
How great it is to have the doubters of this world, a plethora of doubting Thomases! It is through their careful examination and reflection that we have learned, discovered, and reasoned a multitude of things. This term is widely used to describe a person who demands proof before he/she will believe something, but people rarely think about its origin. Seeing it is the start of the Lenten season for Christians, it is the perfect time to discuss the origins of the term “Doubting Thomas.”