If you remember a few months ago, we answered a question on “where do wolves live.” That answer led to more questions about the life of wolves and we thought we would answer one of those questions today. If you do have more questions about wolves, feel free to email us your question or to [...]

A.E. Housman was born in Fockbury, which is a hamlet in Worcestershire, England. His full name was Alfred Edward Housman and he lived from March 26, 1859 to April 30, 1936. He was a well-known poet and his poems were more lyrical than anything else.
He was also a private scholar and is believed to be [...]

If you are looking for a specific breed for the dog Laika, you won’t find one. For those of you who are aware of the dog, you’ll know that she was the first living creature to be sent into space aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2. The momentous flight was launched November 3, 1957 with [...]

I’m not sure about you but I have several cans of WD-40, it is amazing stuff and I have used it for many things; although it has mostly been used with my key hole, which has the misfortune of being completely exposed by the elements and a strong blowing wind almost daily.
For those who aren’t [...]

Although there are many meanings for the acronym REM, the most common definition is Rapid Eye Movement.  This is the part of sleep where it is believed dreams occur and could be the reason why the band REM chose this acronym as their name.
Other meanings of REM are:

Remark
Range Extension Modes
Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring
Random Effects Model
Rapid Evaluation [...]

Before I get into who the dogs are, I think I should just touch on who Paul Bunyan was.  If you don’t already know this, Paul Bunyan was not a real person.  He is actually an American myth or folklore.  Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack that was a brave and strong man. 
Now whether or not [...]

Well, if you are asking specifically what day of the week I was born, it was a Monday.  I actually wasn’t sure the exact day so I had to do a little research.  If you are like me, you can always find out the day of week you were born at this site.  They have [...]

Here is a humorous (and somewhat accurately informative!) clip addressing the question: what is emo?  (One that I, personally, have heard asked on several occasions!)

When I was first out of high school, I became enthralled with the world of Ancient Egypt, or rather, I became enthralled with their language.  This urged me to purchase and read the entire Book of the Dead and somewhere along the way, I quickly lost my interest in it.  This isn’t to say that [...]

Growing up in British Columbia, I always had an interest in Haida art and that spark was nurtured during a school visit to the UBC Museum where I saw many different examples of Haida art that was absolutely breathtaking. For me, that art represented what it meant to be from the Northwest coast and there [...]