Sunday, May 6, 2012

F. Y. I.

Quotable
by  Wendell Berry, essayist, poet and farmer
"You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it."

Walking Hours
Giraffes typically sleep less than two hours a day.

So Named
A baby rabbit is called a kit.

Still on the Books
Running out of gas on the autobahn is illegal in Germany, as is walking.

State Stats
Sumner County in Kansas is known as "The Wheat Capital of the World."

Table Tidbits
The Romans were the first to have cultivated beet plants for the root rather than just the leaves.

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