52.12 A little bit Random...

The Wizard of Oz was fantabulous, Helen and I both had a fantastic day in London. This week I haven't accomplished much more than work so unfortunately I have very little to write about so I thought I would flood the random fact section with a few completely unrelated facts, along with little snide and hopefully amusing comments on each.

Random Facts:

Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world. (Also where Borat comes from.)

Infant beavers are called kittens. (there is a joke here that is just too easy.)

Hummingbirds can't walk because their legs and feet are not designed for it. (Take that evolution!!)

In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was believed to be an aphrodisiac. (possibly because anyone even remotely healthy is sexy prior to Penicillin?)

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands. (we are also the only primates that rarely chuck feces at one another.)

Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. (Remind me to avoid testing that particular fact.)

The New York Stock Exchange started as a coffee shop. (and Starbucks started as a criminal enterprise to launder large sums of Money.)

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. (you might however find yourself pregnant.)

The can opener was invented 48 years after the can. (Really? shelf-life be damned!)

And finally:

A week before President Lincoln died, he was in Monroe, Maryland.

A week before President Kennedy died, he was in Marilyn Monroe. (Some times the jokes write themselves.)