Did you know?

• That your faithful blogger once lived in Österreich, and as junior high student, could navigate the entire city of Wien by Straßenbahn?

• Æsop's Fables are still some of the best stories to teach to children?

• An Ångström is a smaller unit of measure than a µm?

• Œdipus would feel right at home in the 'hood?

• It's a good idea to always keep your résumé updated, just in case?

• That ¡Feliz Cumpleaños! means Happy Birthday in English?

• Tonight's forecast low temperature is 69°F, ±2°?

• You never see any 5 & 10¢ stores anymore?

• ¼ + ½ = ¾ ? (OK, everyone past the 4th grade knows that)

• Today's exchange rate was £0.6051 per $U.S.? And ¥95.9597? €0.7039?

• In chapter 151 of the Texas Tax Code, §151.0048 Real Property Service, ¶ (c) defines contractors?

• Pythagoras determined his famous theorem that a² + b² = c² almost 2½ millennia ago?

• The heading on the Bill of Rights says: Congreƒs of the United States?

• The Jarhead Manifesto™ is probably not really trademarked?

• That Suzuki V-Strom motorcycles are really über cool?

• One inch³ = 16.39 cm³?

• The Springfield Armory M6 Scout was actually manufactured by Česká Zbrojovka (CZ)?

• A † through the heart will kill a vampire? (You'll have to ask El Chupacabra about zombies.)

• Mönica Lewinsky now runs a business designing purses? (OK, I took artistic license with that one...)


Alright, enough silliness for one evening.