A rainy, blustery day here. Thought I would end your weekend with some crazy facts to ponder on once again. There seems to be an endless supply of them! Don’t worry though, I am not going to post all of them! Enjoy!
I feel sorry for the sailors, for I know what a ruptured ear drum feels like!
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Well isn’t that sweet, the male fox hangs onto the love of his mate forever!
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Didn’t know crows were clever and pranksters too!
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Hmmm,,,, not sure about this, someone want to try it and let me know if your hot cocoa tasted better out of an orange cup and for you strong coffee drinkers, how dark is your favorite coffee mug?
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This made me smile!“Not talking back” is a great attribute of pets!
I think that would be much welcomed … by me, at least! Perhaps so, but I never feel quite right drinking coffee from a white or lighter mug. My fave is a “genuine Alewine” made lovingly by hand at the Alewine Pottery place in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park!
We feed quail in our front yard, and the squirrels get the birdseed, too. Once I saw a quail pull the tail of a squirrel, that was hogging the seeds, so maybe quails are as smart as crows.
I wonder if coffee is more poisonous when drank from an orange cup?
#3 Crows can learn to talk, like parrots. Tokyo city crows (“large-billed crow”, Corvus macrorhynchos), called the “Karasu” can be bigger than cats, and can be dangerous (usually in the spring). The crows will steal wire coat hangers from hanging laundry to make steel-reinforced nests (seriously!), and kids will have to wear hard hats on their way to school in bad crow-nesting neighborhoods. Trash in Tokyo has to be left inside crow-resistant wire mesh bags on trash pickup days. There are city crow abatement teams, but the crows are mostly tolerated, because they keep down the populations of mice and the huge, wafarin resistant, Japanese “roof rats” (Rattus rattus) that also own the city.
Somehow, I don’t think the Tokyo tourist board is never going to hire me.
#4 I don’t know about the yellow cup, but the hot chocolate is a good idea. 😉
Joy, quoting a song title and chorus by the legendary Jimi Hendrix, does that make a widowed female fox a “Foxy lady?” Must be something to do with procreation of the species. Keith
I am not sure that fact number 2 says what you think it says. The male fox has clearly had enough and is content not to do that again.
I was once told that the loudest sound in the world is the daily changes in air pressure, but it is such a slow sound that it is beneath our hearing ability anyway.
Well a clean one is always a good choice.
Oh gosh! I think you should try it. Which means grabbing a mug in the dark and pouring it. Make sure you don’t spill it. 🙂
Interesting facts for this edition. The Lincoln one was particularly entertaining. I may need to do some ‘research’ on the beverage mug color. Won’t probably make a difference, but who minds when you’re tasting coffee or hot chocolate? 😊
I love when we can see the light hearted side of Presidents. I do have an orange mug that I don’t use real often but now I may just have to give it a try. But like you said, I think coffee and hot chocolate can be good in any color of mug!
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What a fun post! Thank you for the humour and trivia! I do find I like my coffee best out of a darker coloured mug … not sure why!
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You are most welcome! Maybe I will have to make it a regular feature for a bit. 🙂
Oh my, so the darker mug thing is true! Strange. 🙂
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I think that would be much welcomed … by me, at least! Perhaps so, but I never feel quite right drinking coffee from a white or lighter mug. My fave is a “genuine Alewine” made lovingly by hand at the Alewine Pottery place in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park!
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We feed quail in our front yard, and the squirrels get the birdseed, too. Once I saw a quail pull the tail of a squirrel, that was hogging the seeds, so maybe quails are as smart as crows.
I wonder if coffee is more poisonous when drank from an orange cup?
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Hmm…maybe they are!
Maybe if you drink coffee out of an orange cup its NOT poisonous at all! 🙂
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Maybe, but why take that chance? Why not just eat an orange instead?
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“Haha!” I do eat oranges. 🙂
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#3 Crows can learn to talk, like parrots. Tokyo city crows (“large-billed crow”, Corvus macrorhynchos), called the “Karasu” can be bigger than cats, and can be dangerous (usually in the spring). The crows will steal wire coat hangers from hanging laundry to make steel-reinforced nests (seriously!), and kids will have to wear hard hats on their way to school in bad crow-nesting neighborhoods. Trash in Tokyo has to be left inside crow-resistant wire mesh bags on trash pickup days. There are city crow abatement teams, but the crows are mostly tolerated, because they keep down the populations of mice and the huge, wafarin resistant, Japanese “roof rats” (Rattus rattus) that also own the city.
Somehow, I don’t think the Tokyo tourist board is never going to hire me.
#4 I don’t know about the yellow cup, but the hot chocolate is a good idea. 😉
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My answer is I didn’t know any of these facts other than the first one. I like to drink hot chocolate out of any colored cup.
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Oh, so had you heard the loud boom to, back then? LOL! Maybe Jim did. 😂
Yes, I agree about the cups. Hot cocoa is good with any cup!
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Joy, quoting a song title and chorus by the legendary Jimi Hendrix, does that make a widowed female fox a “Foxy lady?” Must be something to do with procreation of the species. Keith
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Haha! You are good at finding songs to go with my posts. 🙂
Yes, I think you are right about the procreation.
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Sorry…stuck on the second one…😉
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LOL!
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I am not sure that fact number 2 says what you think it says. The male fox has clearly had enough and is content not to do that again.
I was once told that the loudest sound in the world is the daily changes in air pressure, but it is such a slow sound that it is beneath our hearing ability anyway.
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Oooh I see that the “romance sabatoger” is back! LOL!
Hmm..so its the loudest sound for sounds that can’t be heard? 🙂
Is your coffee cup a dark one, being that you like strong coffee?
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My coffee cup is the latest clean one. What do you get if you drink coffee in the dark?
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Well a clean one is always a good choice.
Oh gosh! I think you should try it. Which means grabbing a mug in the dark and pouring it. Make sure you don’t spill it. 🙂
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You’re always trying to get me to do foolish things. You are kind of like Cara in that regard.
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LOL! Hey, if you are foolish enough to try it … !
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But wait, Cara doesn’t have you do anything foolish!
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She has had me writing several silly little episodes in Bittersweet Creek.
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Haha! Oooh yes, all her fault!
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Interesting facts for this edition. The Lincoln one was particularly entertaining. I may need to do some ‘research’ on the beverage mug color. Won’t probably make a difference, but who minds when you’re tasting coffee or hot chocolate? 😊
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I love when we can see the light hearted side of Presidents. I do have an orange mug that I don’t use real often but now I may just have to give it a try. But like you said, I think coffee and hot chocolate can be good in any color of mug!
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I like the crow one best; especially the fact that they pull a tail just for fun sometimes… 🙂
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I guess they like pulling ears as well or we wouldn’t need scarecrows.
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I may have been confused for just a moment … and then I 😶🤚!
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🙂
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Nice to know that birds have a sense of humor. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing some more fun facts.
That’s wild about Krakatoa.
Talk about the Big Bang ~> BOOM!
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Very welcome!
Yes, BIG BOOM for sure!
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