Archive for the ‘Things I forgot to know’ Category

Death of the paid writer? | Darksculptures – T.A. Olivia


2010
06.17

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Fireflies


2010
06.02

In my never-ending quest to learn about things I’ve long forgotten, here are some facts about fireflies.

The Big Dipper


2010
05.30

In the 1800s, according to Wikimedia, runaway slaves used the Big Dipper (which they referred to as the “drinking gourd”) to find their way to the north.

Happy (?) Ides of March


2010
03.09

To curry Nancy Tatum’s favor was to receive crop rain from the gods.