Monday, January 18, 2010

201. There have been 8 English kings named Harry.

202. Neolithic people knew how to weave.

203. Zebras have not been domesticated generally, due to their unpredictable, panicky personalities.

204. Cross-breeding between zebras and other horses or horse-like animals have created the zeedonk, the zony, the Zetland and the zorse. Great words for Scrabble!

205. The horns of a giraffe are called ossicones.

206. Kudzu, which is eating the South, can also improve soil by fixing nitrogen and by spreading minerals attached to soil on its roots.

207. A popular name for digitalis is Witches' Gloves.

208. Ohio's state flower is the scarlet carnation in memory of William McKinley, who used to wear them.

209. "Water Forms II" is a fountain, located at Occidental College, depicted a ceremonial location on the planet Vulcan in the film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock".

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