August 27, 2006


Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
Josh Billings






Romances are wrecked
Before they begin
By a hair
On the coat
Or a lot on the chin
Burma Shave
1937


"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
- Dan Quayle




PLANTS AND BIOLOGY
Part 11 of 17
  • Orchids have the smallest seeds. It takes more than 1.25 million seeds to weigh 1 gram.
  • Peanuts are beans.
  • Plants that need to attract moths for pollination are generally white or pale yellow, to be better seen when the light is dim. Plants that depend on butterflies, such as the poppy or the hibiscus, have more colorful flowers.
  • Quinine, one of the most important drugs known to man, is obtained from the dried bark of an evergreen tree native to South America.



    • No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
    Tacitus



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    Zachary TaylorWhen Taylor was inaugurated in March 1849, he would not take the Oath of Office on a Sunday. The offices of President and Vice President were vacant at the time, so someone had to be the president, but who? David Rice Atchison, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, was sworn in as president. He did not do much, when asked, he said, "I went to bed. There had been two or three busy nights finishing up the work of the Senate, and I slept most of that Sunday."
    Zachary Taylor 1949-1950



    Brothers or sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son.

    Who is that man?



    With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.



    The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
    Bob Wells



    Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.