Some (More) Friday File Fun

March 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They say that a picture is worth a thousand words....Well, here's a couple of thousand words worth...enjoy!

At just a hair over 17 inches tall, the world’s smallest horse is 5-year-old Thumbelina, weighing just 57 pounds.  MORE at http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2965022


In this week’s Tuesday Trivia, I referenced the “legend” that you can supposedly balance an egg on its end on the vernal equinox.    In fact, you can do it any day of the year.   A reader was good enough to share the “secret”:  MORE at http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/egg_spin.html#badegg


OK, upsets in this year’s March Madness haven’t (perhaps) been as numerous, or as dramatic, as in prior years – but now that we’re down to the Sweet Sixteen, what ARE the Top 10 upsets in the past 10 years in the final 16 (at least according to Sports Illustrated)?  MORE at    

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0703/gallery.cbb.upsets/content.1.html?cnn=yes?d


Worried that you’re a bit too “wired?”    Check your caffeine intake at http://www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database/


While not usually considered paragons of tender, familial love, some spiders do have a touchy-feely side, according to new research.   Scientists have even discovered two arachnids that caress their young and – – – snuggle together.   You know you want to see this.  MORE at http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070320/sc_livescience/creepyspiderslovetosnuggle


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