Saturday, May 30, 2009

There are literally thousands of different types of cordyceps, the parasitic fungi that controls the minds of infected insects and guides them to an ideal (for the fungi) place to die before sprouting from their bodies to spread its spores, and each type preys on only one species of insect.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Historians and doctors of today believe that Charles Floyd, the only man who died during the Lewis and Clark Expedition, passed as the result of appendicitis and the eventual rupture of his appendix, for which there was no cure in 1804.  He would have died even if he'd stayed home.  His burial site is in modern day Sioux City, Iowa, where he is commemorated with a monument that looks the same as George Washington's, only significantly smaller.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Hulu.com, the website that offers a legal way to watch television shows and (so far, mostly bad) movies online any time, adds new episodes after they have aired on television in Hawaii.  This means that, if you live on the East Coast, you have to wait six hours after you've missed a show to catch it online.  Thus, I will not be able to watch the most recent episode of Family Guy, which my mother described as "funny," tonight.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

A "Tijuana Bible" is a small comic book, typically eight pages long with a single panel to a page, depicting explicit sexual activity and often staring well-known comic book characters.  Little is known about the artists of these works, but Wesley Morse, the creator of 'Bazooka Joe,' is behind some of the more widely circulated 'Bibles' from the 1930s.