Monthly Archives: January 2022

The First Month Of 2022 Is Now In The Can!

Fun Fact: Violet Jessop survived three of the largest ship disasters in history. Violet Jessop may be one of the luckiest or unluckiest women in history, depending on how you look at it. The ocean liner stewardess not only survived … Continue reading

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Sunday Has Arrived; We Are Ready!

Fact: All of the water on Earth would form a ball that’s 860 miles wide. About 71 percent of the surface of the Earth is covered with water. However, it’s hard to fully grasp just how much water that actually … Continue reading

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Scout Is Our 6:00 AM Alarm Clock!

Fact: The Supreme Court has its own private basketball court with an amazing nickname. There’s a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. Its nickname? You guessed it: “the highest court in the land.” Scout … Continue reading

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Six Month Anniversary!

Fun Fact: The last letter added to the English alphabet was ‘J..’ The letter “j” dates back to 1524, and before that, the letter ‘i’ was used for both the ‘i’ and ‘j’ sounds. We were lazy today and just … Continue reading

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Girls Night Out Was A Kick!

Fact: A one-way trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway involves crossing 3,901 bridges. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railroad in Russia, but it’s also the longest one in the world. The journey takes seven days, during which time passengers pass through … Continue reading

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It’s A Zoom Day

Fact: You can hear a blue whale’s heartbeat from more than 2 miles away. – The world’s largest animal’s heart weighs about 400 pounds — approximately the size of a small piano. It was cold and froggy out this morning; I could … Continue reading

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At Rest; Momentairly!

Fact: Spam is a mashup of the words “spice” and “ham.” – And not, as urban legend would say, Scientifically Processed Animal Matter. We stayed around the house all day! We just worked on getting things into shape. We spent several hours … Continue reading

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On The Go!

Fact: The actual name for a hashtag is an octothorpe. The ‘octo’ refers to the eight points in the symbol, but according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the ‘thorpe’ part is a mystery. Today we were so busy I forgot to … Continue reading

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An Interesting Day

Fact: The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion, meaning the iron heats up, the particles gain kinetic energy, and take up more space. We did some work in the office in the … Continue reading

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Hello Saturday!

Fact: The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour. – Hang on to your hats because this isn’t your average wind storm. In 1996, a tropical cyclone named Olivia hit off Barrow Island, Australia, … Continue reading

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