This video compilation will help you start your day with a smile: Dogs That Forgot How To Fetch.
The Origin of the Myth of the Poisonous Poinsettia. Related, why we kiss under the mistletoe and how the plant got that strange name (spoiler - it literally means "dung twig").
ICYMI, Monday's links are here, and include how bourbon and Scotch tape are made, 1964 auditions from The Addams Family (and why their black and white living room was really pink), and the cost of 5,000 years of chewing gum.
There is a very nice video explaining the naming (and growth) of mistletoe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoyXQboJhL0
ReplyDeleteFull disclosure: The video is one of a series made by my daughter. Lots of fun science in there!