Strange But True: Wile E. Coyote
By Lucie Winborne
Ever wonder where the term "jaywalker" originated? Back in the day, "jay" was slang for a foolish person. So when pedestrians ignored street signs, to their own peril, they were labeled jaywalkers.
Relative to their body size, barnacles have the largest sex organs in the animal kingdom.
During World War II, Charles Richard Drew, a Black physician, developed blood banks for military personnel. However, when he discovered that the military was separating blood donations according to race, he quit working for the Red Cross.
Some beaches in the Maldives glow in the dark.
If you have a daily routine, some scientists believe that your dog can tell when you're coming home by the amount of your scent that's left in the house.
As astronauts spend months traveling to Mars, their eyeballs may change shape. Some scientists believe this is due to pressure from fluids that won't drain from their heads, thanks to low gravity.
Ackwards is an old English dialect word for a creature lying on its back that can't get up.
In the popular Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, the latter character shouldn't have been outwitted by his desperately hunted prey, since coyotes typically outpace roadrunners by a good 23 mph.
According to a poll of 11,000 Americans, 84% of vegetarians and vegans return to eating meat.
When Angelfire launched in the mid-1990s, it offered medical transcription services as well as web-building tools.
Thought for the Day: "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." -- Isaac Newton
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