Today poinsettias are the most popular Christmas plant and are the number one flowering potted plant in the United States.
Courtesy to Home Depot
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Nov 30, 2010
Traditional Christmas Flower
Did You Know...
Today poinsettias are the most popular Christmas plant and are the number one flowering potted plant in the United States.
Courtesy to Home Depot
The poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grew in Mexico, where it is also know as the 'Flower of the Holy Night'. Joel Poinsett first brought it to America in 1829.
Today poinsettias are the most popular Christmas plant and are the number one flowering potted plant in the United States.
Courtesy to Home Depot 
Nov 7, 2010
7 Up And New Dino
Did You Know...
Up and Away
The name of the popular beverage "7-Up" came from teh fact that, when it was originally produced, it came in seven-ounce containers. The "up" describes the direction the carbonated bubbles went in upon opening a can.
New Dinosaur
There has been a discovery of a previously unknown dinosaur in Tanzania, East Africa. Called the Asilisaurus Kongwe, scientists say that it existed 10,000 years earlier than other known dinosaurs.
Coffee News, Lavon Edition Oct. 29, 2010
Up and Away
The name of the popular beverage "7-Up" came from teh fact that, when it was originally produced, it came in seven-ounce containers. The "up" describes the direction the carbonated bubbles went in upon opening a can.
New Dinosaur
There has been a discovery of a previously unknown dinosaur in Tanzania, East Africa. Called the Asilisaurus Kongwe, scientists say that it existed 10,000 years earlier than other known dinosaurs.
Coffee News, Lavon Edition Oct. 29, 2010
Apr 19, 2010
The Nobel Prize And The Exploding Tree
Did You Know...
Alfred Nobel was the Swedish technologist credited with inventing dynamite in 1866-67. He became very rich as a result and bequeathed his wealth to a foundation that would offer prizes for contributions to science, literature and the promotion of peace.
The South African sandbox tree could be dangerous. When its fruit is ripe, t explodes so forcefully that its seeds are sent flying 15 feet from the main trunk, and the noise is so loud, it can scare passers-by.
Alfred Nobel was the Swedish technologist credited with inventing dynamite in 1866-67. He became very rich as a result and bequeathed his wealth to a foundation that would offer prizes for contributions to science, literature and the promotion of peace.
The South African sandbox tree could be dangerous. When its fruit is ripe, t explodes so forcefully that its seeds are sent flying 15 feet from the main trunk, and the noise is so loud, it can scare passers-by.
Coffee News-Fort Worth, TX April 12, 2010
Aug 23, 2009
Vision And Discovery
Did you know...
Night Vision
Tigers do not need night-vision goggles like humans do. Their built-in night vision is five times better than a human's ability to see in the dark.
Brewing Coffee
Coffee may have been discovered by an Ethiopian goatherder in A.D. 850, but it was not until 1800 taht the precursor of a coffee pot was invented by Frenchman. Before that, people simply poured boiling water through ground beans held in a makeshift filter.
Night Vision
Tigers do not need night-vision goggles like humans do. Their built-in night vision is five times better than a human's ability to see in the dark.
Brewing Coffee
Coffee may have been discovered by an Ethiopian goatherder in A.D. 850, but it was not until 1800 taht the precursor of a coffee pot was invented by Frenchman. Before that, people simply poured boiling water through ground beans held in a makeshift filter.
Jun 3, 2009
Trivia: Entertainment, History, Nature, Computers
Did You Know...
Shirley Temple, the famous child-actress of the 1930's, had a very early start in acting. Born in 1928, she did her first film, "The Red-Haired Alibi", when she was three.
In 1828, circus performers riding horses wore the usual attire - until one day bareback rider Nelson Hower's outfit went missing. He wore his long knit underwear instead, and presto, circus tights as a permanent fashion statement was born.
US President William Howard Taft (1909-1913) is said to be the heaviest (300lbs+) president who found himself stuck in the White House bathtub. He is the only man in US history to have served as both President and Chief Justice.
Lions usually nap for up to 20 hours of every day. they usually become active after dusk, socializing in the pack, grooming and spending the night hours hunting for food.
It has a bug in it: That is what we say when our computer has a problem. The saying orginated in 1945, when a computer in Harvard University broke down and it was discovered that the source of the problem was moth that had gotten into one of the circuits.
Coffee News May 25, 2009
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Shirley Temple, the famous child-actress of the 1930's, had a very early start in acting. Born in 1928, she did her first film, "The Red-Haired Alibi", when she was three.
In 1828, circus performers riding horses wore the usual attire - until one day bareback rider Nelson Hower's outfit went missing. He wore his long knit underwear instead, and presto, circus tights as a permanent fashion statement was born.
US President William Howard Taft (1909-1913) is said to be the heaviest (300lbs+) president who found himself stuck in the White House bathtub. He is the only man in US history to have served as both President and Chief Justice.
Lions usually nap for up to 20 hours of every day. they usually become active after dusk, socializing in the pack, grooming and spending the night hours hunting for food.
It has a bug in it: That is what we say when our computer has a problem. The saying orginated in 1945, when a computer in Harvard University broke down and it was discovered that the source of the problem was moth that had gotten into one of the circuits.
Coffee News May 25, 2009
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Apr 29, 2009
The Lighthouse And The Simpsons
Did you know...
- In Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, the lighthouse no longer guides shops safely to shore. Instead, during the peak tourist months, it serves as a post office, making it the only lighthouse in North America with that distinction.
- When Matt Groening came up with the concept for the popular cartoon show "The Simpsons", he chose his characters' names - Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie - by using the names of his own family members. Homer and Marge are his parents, and Lisa and Maggie are his sisters.
Coffee News, Apr. 20, 2009
- In Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, the lighthouse no longer guides shops safely to shore. Instead, during the peak tourist months, it serves as a post office, making it the only lighthouse in North America with that distinction.
- When Matt Groening came up with the concept for the popular cartoon show "The Simpsons", he chose his characters' names - Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie - by using the names of his own family members. Homer and Marge are his parents, and Lisa and Maggie are his sisters.
Coffee News, Apr. 20, 2009
Nov 23, 2008
Playing Possum, No Glaciers
Did you know...
Playing Possum: The phrase comes from the fact that real live opossums have an unusual way of protecting themselves from predators. If attacked, they respond by lying on their sides and pretending to be dead.
No Glaciers: Every continent on Earth has glaciers, except one, Australia. Glaciers are huge masses of ice found at high altitudes. The world's largest glacier covers most of Antarctic.
Playing Possum: The phrase comes from the fact that real live opossums have an unusual way of protecting themselves from predators. If attacked, they respond by lying on their sides and pretending to be dead.
No Glaciers: Every continent on Earth has glaciers, except one, Australia. Glaciers are huge masses of ice found at high altitudes. The world's largest glacier covers most of Antarctic.
Coffee News September 19, 2008
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