On This Day in the year 1700, a giant earthquake and tsunami swept into our coast. We know it was on this day because the tsunami reached Japan and they recorded the "Orphan tsunami." Geologic evidence on our coast left behind silt and "ghost forests." https://t.co/PX34GO63Z8
Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" is one of the world's most famous images.
But what is it? Who the hell is he? Why does he have four arms and four legs?
The answer probably has something to do with the room you're sitting in right now...
In 1663, the partial fossilised skeleton of a woolly rhinoceros was discovered in Germany. This is the “Magdeburg Unicorn”, one of the worst fossil reconstructions in human history.
Meet Sugar, she doesn't like to be ridden. If Sugar is approached with a saddle she lyes down and pretends to be asleep. Sugar refuses to open her eyes until the riders leave.
"It's not funny. I'm a sad girl covered in red frosting." She insists we will never look back on this and laugh. It is a tragedy, not a comedy. I suppressed my smile.
It's a good incapsulation of who she is – the kid who comes home in red frosting with no idea how it happened.
My 7-year-old came home from school splattered in red frosting. How did it happen? She has no idea. Yes, they had cupcakes, but she ate a green one. And yes, the frosting was everywhere, including in her hair. I asked if I could take a picture. She said –