November 14, 2011

EEG stands for electroencephalogram.

November 13, 2011

Time Square is named for the good times you have while you're there. Thank you Michael Scott. But more seriously, Steve Carell's birthday is August 16th, 1962. That makes him 50 next year!

November 12, 2011

Jove is another name for the god Jupiter. So, the phrase "by Jove," is like saying by god.

November 11, 2011

King Charles VI of France demanded lavender stuffed pillows everywhere he went.

November 10, 2011

It's amazing the number of words I run across in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia of which I'm not sure the meaning. Today I learned that a precipice is a very steep rock face, or cliff.

November 9, 2011

Berenjena is the Spanish word for eggplant.

November 8, 2011

Bats are the only true flying mammals, and are more closely related to dolphins than to mice! They also pollinate bananas and avocados, and they eat about 600 mosquitoes per hour!