My New Year's Resolution for 2012 was to learn something new Every Day! I'll keep a running tab here on LJ:
January 1
Muscles live on rocks and are dark in color to camouflage themselves. Clams are light colored because the live in the sand.
January 2
Johnny Depp plays the steel guitar and played with Oasis in their song "Fade In-Out".
January 3
12 hours in a day is said to originate from the Egyptians as it is theorized that they learned to count measurements by using the joints in their hands. 3 per finger (Thumb doesn't count)
January 4
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was so convinced the White House was haunted that she kept a vial of holy water on her nightstand.
January 5
Chemist and novelist Carl Djerassi, is considered the Father of Birth Control. (He'll be speaking at OSU on Feb. 2nd. I am SO going!)
January 6
If you Pee in the shower you can save 1157 gallons of water a year.
January 7
This playoff season marked the first time two rookie quarterbacks started in the same playoff game: Andy Dalton and T.J.Yates
January 8
Hawkfish are reef dwellers that start life as females but can transform into males after maturing
January 9
Puja is an offering to Hindu deities.
January 10
Currently in the US, Portland, OR is the 29th most Populous State. NYC, LA and Chicago are the top 3. In Ohio: Columbus 15, Cleveland 45, Cincinnati 62 and Dayton 174
January 11
Nicolas Steno is considered the Father of Geology
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January 18
Killer whale calves nurse for about 5 to 10 seconds at a time, several times an hour, 24 hours a day.
January 19
The nutria, Myocastor coypus, is a large semi-aquatic rodent. The generic name is derived from two Greek words (mys, for mouse, and kastor, for beaver) that translate as mouse beaver. ---- I saw a dead one on the side of the road. It was gross.
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January 24th
I learned how to look up student information at work finally. Also, learned a bunch of stuff about Women's Suffrage.
January 25th
The plural of uterus is uteri.