Sunday, May 29, 2011

F. Y. I.

Still on the Books
In Carmel, Calif., women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.

Table Tidbits
Tomatoes were once referred to as "love apples" because superstition had it that people would fall in love by eating them.

The Switch
Whooping cranes are born with blue eyes that change to gold by the time they are 6 months old.

Quotable
by  James Baldwin, American writer and civil rights activist (1924-1987)
"Not everything that is faced can be changed until it is faced."

State Stats
Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

In the Deep
Humpback whales are capable of living up to 95 years.

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