Last night two brothers went into a burning room to save twin 20-month-old girls. The girls are in critical condition; the brothers were treated for smoke inhalation and released. One went to work the next morning and the other took a well-deserved day off.
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Ants began farming about 50 million years before humans thought to raise their own crops. Not so surprising when you learn that the animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the ant. They are the smartest species of insects with about 250,000 brain cells. Impressive.
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Ants farm aphids on my peony plants to collect the honeydew they produce. Ladybugs and their larvae eat aphids.
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Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. Are young people still taught the Dewey-decimal system? If so, do they care?
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Good to know!
ReplyDeleteOn a very sad note, one of the twin girls died. The other is still in critical condition. I can't imagine what the parents are going through.
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