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Did You Know There Are Reasons Why Time Flies As We Age?
The older you get, the faster time passes. Or so it seems. But what if there were a way to slow time down? Time Passage Remember when you were a child waiting for Christmas to arrive? Time moved so slowly you thought it would never come. Adults would wisely...
Did You Know “Did You Know” Is Three?
Recently, several people have asked where I get my ideas. As any author will tell you, ideas come from anywhere and everywhere. My fiction stories begin with the writer’s standard question “What if…” when I see or hear something that catches my attention. For my DYKs,...
Did You Know The Fictional Species “Ewoks” In The Star Wars Movies Was Based On This?
Did you know if you had a pet as a child, you’re more likely to have a pet as an adult? Dogs During the past few years, pet ownership has been on the rise. The 2023-2024 APPA National Pet Owners Survey claims 66% of U.S. households have a pet. That’s up 10%...
Did You Know Yawning Is Contagious?
The 2023 Dog Days of Summer (July 3-August 11) have officially ended. Unfortunately, as explained in last year’s DYK the Dog Days of Summer Won’t Always Be in Summer, they have nothing to do with the calendar or the family pet. (Too bad, since if this summer’s brutal...
Did You Know “Corn Sweat” Can Raise Humidity Levels?
For almost three weeks,Texas has baked in 100+ degree heat. So, it’s not surprising water, in the form of rain, is on everyone’s mind. (Many of us haven’t seen rain in more than double that time.) Chemical Makeup Water is essential in the world. It’s...
Did You Know Most Bucks Don’t Last Five Years?
National Dollar Day was August 8. That was the day in 1786 the Continental Congress decided the country’s money unit would be the dollar. History As mentioned in DYK This Eagle Was Almost a Turkey, starting a new country came with a long to-do list. The first...
Did You Know You Never Know What You’ll See On Vacation?
When you go on vacation, do you notice what’s around you or do you “wear blinders" and just focus on getting to your destination? The Trip Last week I drove Mom to South Carolina for a reunion with her three sisters. We took I-10 east through Louisiana and...
Did You Know It All Began In 1935 With The March Of The Penguins?
Today we take books for granted, regardless in what form or genre they come. But that wasn’t always the case. The Book Industry China printed the first book on paper in 868 AD. Several hundred years later, Joahannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, developed the...
Did You Know George Washington Owned a Mechanical Ice Cream Maker?
I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream. The Beginning No one knows exactly when or who created ice cream. We know that more than 2,300 years ago, Alexander the Great enjoyed honey and nectar-flavored snow and ice. And almost 400 years after that, the...
Did You Know Religious Criticism Led To This Favorite Dessert?
As I’ve mentioned in previous DYKs, almost everything—animals, occupations, food, etc.—can have a national day. Some even get their own month. Thanks to President Ronald Reagan, ice cream has both. In 1984, he designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third...