- British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories are moving to permanent Daylight Savings Time, even though many experts say Standard Time lines up better with people’s circadian rhythms. (Interesting Saskatchewan has been on permanent Standard Time since 1966.)
2. There are special honeycomb lenses for kids’ glasses that can slow the progression of nearsightedness.
3. In the 1960s the Beatles wanted to make a film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings (with Paul as Frodo, Ringo as Sam, George as Gandalf, and John as Gollum), but J.R.R. Tolkien promptly vetoed the project.
4. “Hapa” is a Hawaiian term for someone who is multiracial.
5. Lupin flour is a low-carb high-protein flour made of ground lupini beans.
6. If the Nashville airport is renamed after Dolly Parton it will be the first major U.S. international airport named solely after a woman.
7. I always thought of malaria as a tropical disease, but it was rampant in colonial America and is one reason the colonists used slaves from Africa (who were more resistant to the disease) rather than indentured servants to work on their plantations.
8. Vodka can be used to deodorize musty clothes.
9. Eisegesis is interpreting a text based on your own presuppositions. (I don’t think I knew that there was a term that contrasted exegesis — so satisfying.)