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December 22nd-28th….(nearly there!)
Penultimate list of daily facts Continue reading
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Tagged biology, cricket, Crimean War, dinosaurs, Florence Nightingale, history, King Canute, medical, nail biting, television
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October 7th – October 12th (a fine week for lessons)
Wednesday Kori Bustard and the Great Bustard both are about equal in weight and are the worlds heaviest flying birds. Thursday I learnt how to make and use custom brushes in GIMP, wish I had learnt earlier! Friday Camel spiders … Continue reading
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Tagged Arachnid, biology, Birds, Bustard, camel Spiders, GIMP, Hawker, Light, London, medical, Ornithology, Singapore, Solifugae
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July Lessons
Monday Grasshoppers can bite. Tuesday The GM food scare may well have started from a discredited scientific study that poisoned mice with potatoes. All the study really showed was that potatoes contain poisons (which incidently are contained on the outisde … Continue reading
Tagged biology, geography, medical, places, relationships, science
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More lessons to learn around the Maypole (10/5 – 16/5)
Monday The axolotl never grows up and will not undergo metamosphosis in its natural state. However a cheeky iodine injection can make its balls drop and bring it into an adult form. Tuesday The Oxford English Dictionary since 1911 has … Continue reading
Tagged biology, cricket, entertainment, language, literature, medical, music, people, politics, science, sport
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Last Lessons of March (29th – 31st)
Monday – A ten gallon hat holds 0.75 of a gallon. There is a collective noun for unicorns?!!!! Apparantly they are a blessing. Also “walla” is US for “rhubarb” in the UK and “rhabarber” in germany when referring to mumbling … Continue reading
Tagged biology, entertainment, medical, music, mythology, opera, performance arts, theatre
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Me Being Ill / Dan Being Ill
I woke up last night not feeling well Continue reading
February, New Month, New Week more things to learn
Monday – I actually found out what macrame is. heard the name, knew it was some sort of craft thing that I would never do but wasn’t sure if it was done with card, tissue paper or paint. Turns out … Continue reading
This weeks lessons (week beginning 18th January)
So I don’t hassle everyone with a thing I learn everyday I have decided to do a week at a time… Monday : Learnt how to use the Fake Call feature on my phone Tuesday : learnt that Sgorio on … Continue reading
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Tagged art, biology, craft, entertainment, medical, science, technology
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Spineless people
Spineless people have 24 less bones than those who have a backbone. I think I average about 12 bones in my spine as I veer between spineless and with backbone depending on how much hassle is involved.
