25 August 2018

Saturday’s child works hard for a living. 

Since 1825, this is Independence Day for 3.5 million in the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

The liver is the second largest organ in the human body.

Phyllis is a Greek name, meaning green bough or leafy foliage. 

Spinal fusion surgeries are performed by lumbar jacks.

Uruguay generates 95% of its energy requirements from renewable sources.

In Balkan folklore, Saturday is the optimal day to hunt vampires. 

Montevideo’s 20,000 Jews worship in any of twelve synagogues.

Windsor, Ontario has 259 dedicated firefighters, posted at seven fire stations.

Ask yourself—how much clean air do we need? ~Lee Iacocca

Today in 1944, Allied forces liberated Paris from the Nazis.

15% of Uruguayans speak Portuguese as their mother tongue.

Since 1609, more than 1,000 vessels have disappeared within the Bermuda Triangle.

Barn owls are usually monogamous  but 25% of mated couples ‘divorce’.

The hat-stealing attack owl in Oregon was dubbed by the press as OwlCapone. 

Isaac Meritt Singer, who has kept us in stitches since 1854, fathered 24 children.

1.3 million people live in Ulaanbaatar.

Sharks kill ten people a year—humans kill 100 million sharks in the same time period.

Metrophobes suffer from an irrational fear of poetry. 

Poem by Charles the Bear Cub: I don’ wanna live in Tranna. The End.

Thought for the Day: My religion is simple. My religion is kindness. ~Dalai Lama