February 2008
21 posts
“When an oil spill affects penguins they are dressed in little knitted sweaters to stop themselves preening their feathers. This prevents them poisoning themselves by ingesting the oil. The sweaters are removed and discarded as soon as the penguins can be washed.”
—Little Penguin Sweaters
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4 oz of delicious Cotton Punis to spin on Tahkli Spindles (or any fast spinning spindle) and any kind of high speed charkha including the Book & Attache Charkhas.
Due to the arrangement of the fibers in this well-prepared dense rolag, the cotton spins like a dream
” —I swear. This has to be made up.
GE Ecomagination →
ge.ecomagination.com
blueprint series= teh neato
CoolNumbers →
math.arizona.edu
after telling kids today how much i liked writing the “approximately equal to” sign, this seemed appropriate.
“When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue’s taste buds, causing bitter and sour foods (such as lemons and limes) consumed later to taste sweet.”
—Miracle fruit
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