healthy-ish

-It’s illegal to text the phrase “monkey crotch” in Pakistan. -It’s also illegal to use the term “glazed donut” when texting in ...

-T-rex didn’t run. Because it had strong buttocks and weak ankles, it power walked. -The Egyptian vulture has a yellow head beca...

-The Ancient Egyptians invented bowling -Some dolphins in Shark Bay, Australia use conch shells to catch fish. -Superior canal dehiscen...

I’m still learning things, but I’m changing the rules because:             1. It’s my project. 2. I can’t count (If you’ve trained with me...

-We get NESN! -Fingernails grow about three times faster as toenails -The places where bats hibernate are called “hibernacula” -Sugoi ...

-In World War I, the British and Germans had an unspoken breakfast treaty. -Navigating by response (ie. doing what your GPS tells you to...

We made this dish with a new (to us) fish—Pangasius—a farm-raised river catfish from Asia. According to Seafood Watch , Pangasius is a “...

The original recipe for this awesome salad came from the New York Times. It called for black olives. We do not like black olives so I le...

-Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid that acts like either a solid or a liquid depending on the force with which you hit it. (ie. You can ru...

-Feb 1 is National Freedom Day, a day to commemorate Lincoln’s signing of the 13 th Amendment (that’s the one that outlawed slavery). I am ...

Lentils are funny. They’re like a cross between beans, peas and pebbles and yet, they’re tasty. (Adapted from Ellie Krieger’s “So Easy”...

-1 inch of water equals 10 inches of snow, more or less… -The Burmese snub-nosed monkey sneezes when it rains (presumably because it gets w...

Last week, I came across a piece by Giles Turnbull , a British writer who set out to test the theory that we learn something new everyday by...