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Quotable
by  Hafiz, Persian poet and mystic (1324 A.D.--1391 A.D.)
"The words you speak become the house you live in."

Still on the Books
In Anniston, Alabama, wearing blue jeans on Noble Street is prohibited.

By the Numbers
A single cow yields about 90 glasses of milk per day or about 200,000 glasses of milk per lifetime.

Substantive Change
Sea cucumbers can change from a liquid to a solid because collagen in their skin is capable of both excreting and absorbing water.

Celebrate This
Today July 8th, is SCUD Day, a day to Savor the Comic and Unplug the Drama.

Shades of Blue
 Early American colonists made gray paint out of blueberries by boiling them in milk.