Good Stuff

Cashews are technically seeds. They grow at the bottom of cashew apples, a tropical fruit. They are never sold in their shells because the raw shells contain a toxic liquid that can blister human skin, thus their other name, blister nuts. So how did someone figure out you could eat them when roasted?

Friday the thirteenth occurs three times in a year once every eleven years. 2009 is one of them. February, March, and November.

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. I’m going to take their word on this one.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. Hm, okay but would you really want your death certificate to read death by donkey?

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. And it will also discourage people from snooping in your refrigerator because they'll think you're insane when they find your stash of rubber bands.

The Bible only says there were three gifts, not that there were three wise men who brought them. So it could have been one overly generous individual bearing three gifts. Changes everything, doesn’t it? Anyone religious? Can you verify this one?

February 1865 is the only recorded month in history not to have a full moon. I wonder when the next one will be.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite. Not so sure about this one. I checked and couldn’t find anything to support it. Perhaps I’ll share what I did find one day.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. He also had plans for parachutes. Good idea to go with his flying machine.

On six-sided dice, the number of dots on opposing sides always adds up to seven. The odds of rolling a seven with two dice are 5-1.