4/30/13

Every day while in office Ronald Reagan fed a handful of acorns from Camp David to the squirrels on the White House grounds. On his last day in office he left the squirrels a note, saying "Beware. The next guy has a dog."

4/28/13

As the NHL playoffs are about to start, I will argue that there is nothing better in sports than playoff overtime.

4/25/13

Before World War II, the emperor of Japan was looked at by his people as a god on earth. After Japan surrendered, the emperor at the time, Hirohito, was required to admit to his people that he was not divine.

4/24/13

The top of the Eiffel Tower may shift away from the sun by up to 18 cm because of thermal expansion of the metal on the side facing the sun.

4/22/13

From 1997-2001 Hicham el Guerrouj, who holds the world record at 1500 meters, lost only 1 race at that distance: the Olympic final where he earned the silver medal.

4/21/13

I feel like not placing your shopping cart in the cart receptacle is the height of laziness.

4/19/13

Awesome to see the second Boston Marathon suspect taken into custody. This was one of the craziest weeks of news I can remember in recent years.

4/18/13

In Michigan, Hamilton Elementary School students created a "finish line" by standing on either side of the hallway so their principal could finish the marathon interrupted by the cruel blasts.

"We felt bad that she couldn't finish the 26.2 miles. So, we decided that we would help her finish," fourth-grader Ryan Smalley told CNN affiliate WDIV.

The students cheered for Principal Pam Mathers as she dashed to the finish line, high-fiving the students along the way. Some teachers watched, tearfully.
"You know what? I may not have gotten the medal but I've gotten many many more rewards from you," Mathers said Wednesday. "All of you are my medals."

4/17/13

I wonder what the cost would be for someone to open an all organic fast food restaurant...or does that exist already?

4/15/13

I will very rarely get preachy on here but in light of what happened in Boston today I can't help but think that the people who commit these stupid acts of violence like bombings and school shootings are just trying to one up the last guy... and that's just sad.

4/13/13

3 quarters 4 dimes and 4 pennies= $1.19 and is the largest amount of money you can have without being able to make change for a dollar.

4/11/13

The 1976 Presidential election between the tickets of Gerald Ford/Bob Dole and Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale was the only one in United States history to feature two major candidates and two running mates who would all at some point gain their party's nomination for President but lose the election (Ford in '76, Carter in '80, Mondale in '84 and Dole in '96).

4/10/13

The eye of an ostrich is bigger than it's brain.

4/9/13

Elephants can smell water up to 3 miles away.

4/8/13

A dog's shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of its skeleton to allow for greater running flexibility.

4/7/13

In the 1960's the CIA started a program called "Acoustic Kitty" which was an attempt to use trained and surgically altered cats to spy on the Soviet Union. The program, which cost close to $20 million was cancelled shortly after the first cat released was almost immediately run over by a taxi.

4/6/13

Rhinos communicate through frequencies humans cannot hear. This is why they keep their heads low to the ground.

4/5/13

3 elephants can produce about 100 lbs of poop per day.

4/3/13

On average about 3500 honeybees combined will weigh 1 pound.