50 Things We Didn't Know A Year Ago

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   Finally a 2009 retrospective that's actually worth reading! 50 things we didn't know a year ago

The most daft: 34. Nearly all animals emit the same stench when they die, and have done so for more than 400 million years.
   (thanks for that insight, though that's actually contrary to what I thought I'd heard before -- that all animals can distinguish the distinctive stench of their own species dead)


The most practically useful to every day life: 50. Watermelon is more efficient at rehydrating our bodies than drinking water. It contains 92 percent water and essential rehydration salts.
   (so put down that cup of water and bury your face in a delicious slice of watermelon!)


Entirely Unrelated Picture of the Day

People jumping off the old walls in Akka, Israel

   In other news on Monday the Hawaiian Chieftain sets sail headed back up North and I begin a "several weeks" temp assignment at a local law firm. /:
   But not befor aloft work on the Pilgrim (derigging christmas lights) this Saturday and a sail on the Spirit on Sunday! I'll have worked on three tallships in one week! A suitable grand finale before the drudgery of the law mines..