7 Plants That Will Attract Pollinators to Your Garden
There are many reasons people plant gardens in the summer – for food, for spices and herbs, for medicinal plants, for the beauty, because putting our hands in the soil is good for the soul – and one of those reasons is usually that we want to do our part for the disappearing pollinators of...
Interesting Facts That Will Expand Your Horizons
It’s always important to never stop learning. All of us should strive to be lifelong learners while we’re on this planet. We do our best, but sometimes everyday life gets in the way and we don’t get to explore and study as much as we’d like. That’s why our fact sets are so great! We...
7 Plants That Will Keep Pests out of Your Garden
I don’t know about you, but one of the most disheartening things about gardens for me is watching your much-loved, oft-tended plants get decimated by insects and other pests. What’s worse is that it’s often a guessing game to figure out what’s doing it and how to get rid of them before it’s too late....
16 Wonderful Rescued Pets Who Found Their Forever Home
There’s something so magical about the moment a dog or cat realizes that it’s home with its family and it never has to leave. Who knows whether or not they really think in those terms, but looking at these 16 faces, there’s no doubt they know they’re loved. There are thousands of pets waiting for...
Pregnant Dolphins Sing to Their Babies in the Womb
When I was pregnant, there was all kinds of literature on how and when babies can start to hear you talking or singing or reading while in the womb. It’s supposed to help them recognize your voice, start learning before they’re even born, and to help parents bond with those babies before they can hold...
Extraordinary Photos Of A Belgian Forest Carpeted by Bluebell Flowers
There are so many places in the world to be discovered and explored, marveled at and adored. I’d never heard of Hallerbos (Halle Forest in Dutch), but after seeing these pictures, I definitely am putting it on my life for when I someday make it to Belgium. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxDEdE-FUrQ/ It looks like something straight out of...
Researchers Have Found the World’s Smallest Known Dinosaur in a 99-Million-Year-Old Piece of Amber
After hundreds of millions of years, people just can’t get enough of dinosaurs. I’m not sure what it is about these creatures who roamed an earth devoid of people and died a horrible mass death, but kids, adults, scientists, and everyone else just seem to love everything to do with them. Which is perhaps why...
That One Time a Door-To-Door Catnip Salesman Was Arrested for Inciting a Crowd in NYC
History is super fun, y’all, and I maintain that if you don’t agree it’s just because you haven’t been told the right stories. Stories like this one, about a man who sold catnip door-to-door and made unintentional friends with every feline within a ten-block radius (maybe more) and earning an arrest for inciting a (cat)...