- Facebook, the online social utility, has enticed more than 550,000 Torontonions to join, about 10 per cent of the Greater Toronto Area population, making it the largest usergroup of any city in the world. Toronto’s network now has more members than Chicago’s and New York’s combined.
- Much of the dust that settles about the home is dead skin. Dead skin makes up about a billion tons of dust in the atmosphere. Our skin sheds 50,000 cells every minute.
- The word “eleven” comes from the Old English endleofan, which means one left over.
- Humans also have a vomeronasal organ that has sensory neurons that detect distinct chemical compounds. I have long known that cats and other animals use the organ to detect pheromones. They sometimes make a funny facial movement called flehmen to direct the scent to this organ. I wonder if the funny faces some humans make is related…?
- There are many squirrels with large bald areas around Toronto, probably due to one of two things. A female squirrel who is about to have a baby will line her nest with chunks of her own hair - the bald patches are usually found around the shoulders. The second possibility is that the poor squirrel suffers from mange, caused by burrowing mites, which causes the animal to rub itself and lose its fur which in turn can cause infection and hypothermia.
- If the Toronto firefighters receive a call for a three- or four-alarm fire, a snack truck is also sent to the scene to feed the firefighters.
- Taste of Little Italy takes place from June 15th to June 17th - a great event to enjoy good food, free music and entertainment.
- Work can be a lot of fun - I didn’t really just learn this now, but I wanted you to know.
- I may love the heat but my computer hates it - it just overheats and shuts off. What am I going to do about this problem with summer just starting???
- White asparagus and green asparagus are the same plant - the white asparagus has been deprived of sunlight by mounding mulch around it.
View my photos from my trip to Centre Island.
