Did You Know?

To get a weather report when you are out in the garden...check the Morning Glories. Their trumpet shaped flowers close before a rainfall.

There are more than one hundred natural elements on the periodic table but chlorine is one of the few to have an odor.

Soaring

Eagles can fly above low lying clouds to avoid the bad weather below.

For most of Western culinary history, basil has been viewed with some suspicion, particularly because of its belief that is leaves spontaneously breed scorpions.

Brontophobia is the fear of thunderstorms.

The grass is always greener on the other side:  Look at the blades at your feet and from this sharp angle you see mostly tips. From a distance, you see full blades from the side.

A seagull is not a specific species of bird, but one of many types of gulls that lives near the sea.

So....did you know all of that? Happy Turkey Day from the Quirky Artiste!