Life’s Like a 50 – 50 Chance. !

The United States is the only country that does not tip its flag during the Olympic opening ceremonies.

The dolphin has two brain lobes called hemispheres. Each operate on their own. The entire brain is awake about 8 hours a day and for the next 16 hours, one side of the brain sleeps while the other is awake. In this way our friend, the dolphin, can get 8 hours of sleep without ever having to stop physical movement.

Burnt gypsum was used by the Egyptians as a cementing material and could well have have been used in building the pyramids. Later on, Greeks and Romans burned limestone which made quicklime which was used for making mortar. They also learned that by using fine soil, lime and sand that they had a strong cement material. The best of the Roman materials came from around Mt. Vesuvius. The Romans also made hydraulic cement that would harden under water.

It is interesting to note that koala prints cannot be distinguished from human fingerprints.

It was Apollo 11 that carried Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. to the moon. The Apollo 11 launch date was July 16, 1969 and Neil Armstrong was the very first human to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. Do you think that Alan Shepard, Jr. of Apollo 14 brought his golf ball back from the moon?

Our friend, Cleo who was not nearly as beautiful as Elizabeth Taylor who played her. In fact, it is said that she was quite homely. She was part Macedonian, part Greek and part Iranian.