Ukulele means jumping flea in Hawaiian.
10/13/15
Fact of the Week: October 13, 2015
82% of sexual assaults are perpetrated by a non-stranger, someone the victim knows: a friend of a friend, acquaintance, a date, relative or someone else they have encountered before.
https://rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-offenders
https://rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-offenders
10/6/15
Fact of the Week: October 6, 2015
The ukulele is a redesign of the Portuguese machete de braga, commonly referred to as machete. The machete was brought to Hawaii when Portuguese labors came to Hawaii to work sugar cane fields.
9/29/15
Fact of the Week: September 29, 2015
New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars! They have been looking for evidence of ancient water and they now have new evidence that supports there is current water flowing on the planet.
cite: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1858
cite: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1858
9/21/15
Fact of the Week: September 21, 2015
Today is Bill Murray's 65th Birthday! Happy Birthday Murray!!
http://www.biography.com/people/bill-murray-9542510
http://www.biography.com/people/bill-murray-9542510
9/16/15
Fact of the Week: September 16, 2015
The kestrel is the smallest, most familiar and widespread falcon in North America. In open country it is commonly seen perched on roadside wires, or hovering low over a field on rapidly beating wings, waiting to pounce on a grasshopper.
Cite:
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-kestrel
9/3/15
Fact of the Week: September 3, 2015
Scientists theorizes that there is the same amount of water on Earth now as there was when the Earth formed, about 4.5 billion years ago.
Cite:
http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/waterfactsoflife.cfm
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