In the ant kingdom some ants are soldiers, or army ants. These soldier ants are so genetically designed to fight, pinch, clamp and sting that their giant pincher's prevent them from feeding themselves. They must rely on other ants to feed them.
The common Black Ants and Wood Ants have no sting, but they can squirt a spray of formic acid. Some birds put ants in their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid which gets rid of the parasites.
Ant brains are largest amongst insects. It has been estimated that an ant's brain may have the same processing power as a Macintosh II computer.
There are 100,000,000,000,000,000 ants in the world (or around 340 ants per leaf).
Ants don't sleep.
The tongue of the anteater is over 2 feet long. (Not an ant fact, but close!)
"According to regulations published by the Department of Education based on the Student Right-to-Know Act, he graduation/completion rate for first-time, full-time students who entered school in Fall 1997 and who graduated/completed within 150% of the normal time to complete the program is 39%."
Yesterday I bought a shirt that has a sheep on it and underneath says "Baaad".
Black Pepper Jack Doritos are so good they should be illegal.
Ben and Jerry's "Pistachio Pistachio" ice cream is not (as Alton would say) good eats.
I find this hilarious, which means I spend way too much time online. If you find it funny, you spend way too much time online too. (Do I feel ashamed of myself? Definitely. Am I doing satans work? Yes.)
Anyone seen the web documentary "Hometown Baghdad"? It's good, you should watch it.
This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Matter of opinion, but I think it's amazing. I'm going to watch it for the 4th or 5th time (in the last couple days). It's amazing on so many different levels.
Since I missed my orientation on Friday I figured I should get to school early today to find out what I missed. Apparently I didn't miss much because it only took me about ten minutes to get everything I needed. Combined with not hitting any traffic on my drive over (which is a first) I am here in Pittsburgh two hours before class.
I had read about a hot dog place online that supposedly had really good hot dogs (and free wi-fi) so I decided to go check it out. Let me just say that I am currently eating the best hot dog of my life. No lie. I originally ordered a regular hot dog with ketchup, but that was so damn good I had to order a second. This time I opted for "The Italian": fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers, garlic, olive oil & basil. BEST HOT DOG EVER. I wasn't even all that hungry before I got here either. The name of the place is Franktuary and it appears to be located in a church (hence the name). From the parking lot, to here, and then back to the school is about a mile. It might not be much exercise, but it's more than I normally get (although eating yummy hot dogs probably defeats the purpose). I can see this becoming a regular event.
