According to Charles Darwin, there are 100,000 earthworms quietly at work for the advantage of the upper six feet of soil in every acre of earth. They continually turn over the soil and drag down leaves and grass and thus, they loosen the soil and fertilize the ground so that necessary air can reach the roots that spread and grow.

From The Almanack of 1907

More women held jobs in the United States in 1955 then in any previous year, some 21,000,000 of them being regularly employed. That is about one-third of the nation’s women of working age.

Reprint from The Almanack of 1958

If you are going to do a good thing, do it today. If you intend to do a mean thing, wait until tomorrow.

The umbrella made its first appearance in London about the middle of the eighteenth Century. It was said that its inventor, Jonas Hanway was able to protect himself quite well from the nasty wet weather but at the cost of much ridicule.

A walnut tree needs to be at least 100 years old before its wood can be used for flooring, paneling, or to build fine furniture.

The first paper mill was built in 1690 in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

The goat is the earliest known domesticated animal, traced back to the Iron Age.

Labor Day was first proclaimed a holiday by Congress in 1894.

In colonial days, the knife preceded the fork and spoon as the basic eating tool

Stone Mountain, Georgia (16 miles east of Atlanta) is thought to be the largest exposed block of granite in the Western Hemisphere. It is 1,686 feet high and over two miles in length.

A single ounce of cabbage seed will produce at least 2000 plants.

The Persians called their cemeteries “Cities of the Silent”.

The only time a pedestrian really gets the right of way when it belongs to him is when he is in ambulance.

The letter “e” is the most used letter in the alphabet. The “q” is the least used letter.

The official record of a meeting is called “the minutes” and the word has nothing to do with the passage of time. It comes from the Latin word, “minutus” which means small, little, or tiny. Since the proceedings of most official meetings were taken down on small, paper-saving scripts to be transcribed later, the little pieces of paper and the information they contained became known as the meeting’s minutes

In the days of the Pony Express, it often cost as much as $5 to send a letter from New York to San Francisco.

In ten hours of driving, you spend one hour with your eyes closed -- blinking.

On December 29, 1848, during the administration of President James Polk, the first gaslight was turned on in the White House.
The first practical kitchen stove didn’t become available until 1870. Before that,
Everyone cooked in open fireplaces.
A child outgrows your lap but never outgrows your heart.

The cuckoo never builds a nest or raises its young. They lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and never return.

Think as you please and let others do too. You will then have no disputes.

All animals are color blind except for man and monkeys.

An iceberg floating in the ocean is actually a chunk of fresh water ice.

Colorado is called the Centennial State because it was admitted into the Union in 1876.