Today’s task was to “memorize answers to the following questions:”
1. What do you call little plastic things on top of the tip on your shoelaces: Aglets (I plan to use them in casual conversation)
2. Why do you never see baby pigeons: They grow up too fast (makes sense. You also don’t see their nest. Very careless to breed without a home)
3. What was the weather over Sao Paulo on the morning of May 21, 1976: Cloudy (that’s a one-off)
4. What is the longest recorded flight of a chicken: 13 seconds (thought they could not fly at all. Good to know)
5. How many hairs are in the average beard: 12,000 (another erudite thing I plan to use in a casual conversation especially in Portland as all yuppies wear a beard)
6. Who is the patron Saint of toothaches: St. Apollonia (I totally will pray to her once I get another root canal. Maybe she can get me a discount on the procedure)
7. What is the volume of a whale’s ejaculate: Half a gallon (I guess I am glad I am not a female whale)
8. When were the stamps invented: 1840 (I guess they realized they can charge for them)
9. How many dimples are there on a golf ball: 336 (always was curious about that one)
10. What was the name of Lady Godiva’s horse: Aethenoth (whatever that means. tongue breaker for sure)
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