Crayon Masterpieces
Geniuses such as Da Vinci, Monet and van Gogh created some of the world’s most incredible works of art. These and other gifted artists used oil paint, water colors, charcoal, chalk and more. But why is it that no masterpieces were created using crayons? Did crayons not exist during the time of Renaissance masters? Actually, […]
Too Many Ancestors
Everyone has 2 parents – biologically speaking. Which means 4 grandparents, 8 great brand parents, 16 great great grandparents, etc. If you follow that progression back 30 generations, that would be 1 billion people. And if you go back 40 generations, that would be over a trillion people. Generations vary in length – between 22 […]
Why are flies called flies?
Why are flies called flies? Is it because that’s the first thing primitive man saw flying? Why didn’t they name birds flies? In fact, why aren’t there any animals named for other means of locomotion? You don’t see any creature named swims, although fish would easily fill the bill. Nothing named runs either, which could […]
