Fact Of The Day

[indianasmith]

During World War I, a pigeon named Cher Ami was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for carrying an urgent message to American headquarters despite being clipped by two German bullets.  The message was for American artillery to cease fire immediately, because their shells were landing on the 308th Battalion instead of on the Germans attacking them. Cher Ami's heroic delivery saved dozens of lives.

[ER]

Under the Rule of Saint Benedict, during their annual Lenten fast Medieval monks were allotted roughly a gallon of ale per day.

[ER]

A. I'm stuck in a car waiting for school to get out.

B. Despite my efforts falling apart a couple years ago, this year I am bloody going to do a ghost hunt for Halloween!

C. I've reached a weird point in my life where filling out government paperwork smacks of nostalgia.

Q. You don't see as many scraped up elbows on tennis players anymore.

H. Metamorphic stones are geology's rock stars.

A. Rick and Morty makes me feel more normal.

W. The Roman army marched on a largely vegetarian diet.

13. Fingernails grow faster than toenails.

Purple: I am now twelve minutes closer to school getting out.