Thursday, January 1, 2015

F. Y. I.

Quotable
by  Louis L'Amour, American author (1908-1988)
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.  That will be the beginning."

Still on the Books
In Palm Springs, California, it is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m.

In Other Words
In Denmark, the family with the largest tower of breakable dishes thrown at its door by neighbors on New Year's Day is considered the luckiest with lots of loyal friends.

At Cross Purposes
The chameleon can focus its eyes seperately to watch two objects at once.

Burning the Past
In Ecuador, scarecrows are made and burned at midnight on New Year's Eve to destroy all the bad that's happened in the past 12 months.

State Stats
Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee is reputed to be the "Turtle Capital of the World."

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