Had lunch at Noon-o-Kabab Sunday and wasn't as impressed as I'd need to be to drag a party there, so now I'm looking at nearby Semiramis, which I've also had on my "if I had money I'd totally be eating my way across this neighborhood" list for a while. Thoughts on Lebanese, everybody?
- New Thing Learned for 8 March: Peter Pan falls out of copyright within the European Union at the end of this year. Gentlemen, start your fanfics. [Source: Wikipedia.]
- New Thing Learned for 9 March: Modern harness-racing sulkies have clear plastic shields covering the spokes to prevent the opposing horses' legs from getting caught and injured during the race. If only Ben-Hur had had a good plexiglass supplier. [Source: How It's Made".]
- New Thing Learned for 10 March: The Viking torture known as the "blood eagle" involved pulling the victim's lungs out, which is a level of detail about it that I'd just as soon not have found out, really. [Source: History Channel, "the Dark Ages".]
- New Thing Learned for 11 March: Some praying mantises are so badass they can beat up tarsiers. And yes, we were watching this clip yelling, "you want a piece of me? Huh?" [Source: something on Animal Planet Mum flipped past at random.]