Sue's Musings

First of all, thanks to all of you who came out to the Constitution Center for the Martin Luther King Day. It was nice to see so many families spending the day together having fun and learning about the reason for the holiday.

The three of us (my husband, my daughter and me) read the story of the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech. No matter how many times I hear those words, they never fail to inspire.

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Now, to the silly stuff:

From a BBC article, "100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year:"

-Nicole Kidman is afraid of butterflies.

-Baboons can tell the difference between English and French.

-One in 10 Europeans are allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.

-It's possible for a human to blow up balloons via the ear.

-The Queen of England has never bee on a computer, she told Bill Gates as she awarded him an honorary knighthood.

-In the United States, it's possible to subpoena a dog.

-"Restaurant" is the most mis-spelled word in search engines.

-Lance Armstrong's heart is almost a third larger than the average man's.

-You're ten times more likely to be bitten by a human than a rat.

-The children's book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has sold one copy every minute since its 1969 publication.

-Jimi Hendrix pretended to be gay to be discharged from the US Army.

-One in six children think broccoli is a baby tree.

-One in eighteen people has a third BLEEP.

-Bill Gates does not have an iPod.

-Musical instrument shops must pay an annual royalty to cover shoppers who perform a recognizable "riff" before they buy, thereby making a "public performance."