Happy march 1st!
Here's to
The Year Of Practical Thinking
You learn something new every day, or so they say. In 2010, GILES TURNBULL decided to keep track. Revelations, lessons, and the wisdom of dishwashers in 365 parts.
January
17. My neighbor’s cat eats mice head first.
February
8. Skips—a British savory snack food—are made from tapioca.
March
14. The distance from your elbow to your armpit is one eighth of your height.
April
3. Tudor banquets included sculptures made of sugar.
May
7. I know someone who knows someone who knows someone who has seven kids, and they watch no TV. Except Christian TV.
June
14. It’s harder to properly and mercifully kill a half-dead bird than you might expect.
July
5. As tsunami waves approach land, they slow down but their height increases.
August
25. Darwin had a cousin, Francis Galton, who pioneered genetics and statistics. He invented the word association game. Pastime. Hobby. Simon Quinlank. Comedy. Father Ted. Religion.
September
18. “Velcro” is just a brand name; that sticky stuff is generically known as “hook and loop.”
October
9. A mole’s fur grows in two directions.
November
24. Fish cakes do not need a breadcrumb coating. Indeed, they taste much better without.
December
22. Yellowstone National Park is mostly in Wyoming, but parts of it stretch into Montana and Idaho. It experiences thousands of small earthquakes every year, sometimes hundreds in just one day. It’s a 17-mile drive from Yellowstone Lake to Old Faithful.
xo
