- If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
- Odontophobia is the fear of teeth.
- The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
- There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum).
- The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache.
- Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
- American car horns beep in the tone of F.
- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
- On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun.
- The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.
The artist, Ladybird Cleveland, photographed by Carl Van Vechten on Sept. 21, 1954 with her painting, “Self Portrait.” Ladybird is also the mother of legendary fashion model Pat Cleveland.
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Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson passed away on Tuesday May 29, 2012 at a hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. He was 89 years old. This simply breaks my Southern heart. There are few people in this world that were both as talented and genuinely humble as Doc.
I remember working as a lighting tech at a show he was performing at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC in the summer of 2008. At one point, Doc was in a picking circle backstage with Riley Vargus and a number of other friends and acquaintances. Every single person on that job site - the grips, the lighting techs, the caterers, everyone - stopped working and just stood in silent awe, struck by the graceful power of his words and chords. They broke the mold when they made this man.
Read about Doc’s music and life here.
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Alternate title: “How Not to Hold Cats.”
nypl:
In honor of the first Caturday in May, here’s a lithograph by Edward Penfield that features two kitties. That should doubly satisfy your cat cravings! The lithograph was created sometime in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and currently sits in the Library’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs (which just recently launched its own catalog; we highly recommend you browse). Happy Caturday!
