10 Neat Things Archives

Nature’s Dyes

1. Blue jean pea plant. A member of the pea family, Indigofera tinctoria, the plant that produces blue jean blue,

1. Don’t get carried away. It only takes about six inches of flood water to stall most passenger cars. One

1. Bobbing. Bobbing for apples, called “snap apple” in parts of Ireland and Newfoundland, comes to the Halloween tradition from

1. More than just a jacket. “Canada goose” may conjure up visions of a warm, fur-trimmed winter jacket with a

1. Canadian Thanksgiving. It has been held on various dates from May to November, and it doesn’t have the same

1. Turtle island. Turtle myths abound in creation stories throughout the world. The Hindus tell of a great flood that dissolves

1. It saved an emperor. Four-leaf clovers stand for luck and it was extremely lucky for Napoleon Bonaparte when he

1. Ants in the garden. Can ants cause damage to the garden? Occasionally. For example, an ant hill under a

1. What comes after two days of rain? Monday. That’s the old joke, but there is some truth in it,

1. Black-eyed Susan loves sweet William. All in the downs, the fleet was moored,Banners waving in the wind,When Black-Eyed Susan