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#913 Caught on Google Earth View

Posted on 2014/07/17 by Troy — 3 Comments ↓
caught on google earth oprah

Like I said in a previous post about Google Earth Street View, you can see a lot of interesting things if you look around on Google Earth. As with Street Continue Reading →

Posted in Discovery | Tagged Bali, Disneyland, Google, Google Earth, Google Earth Street View, Google Maps, Japan, Las Vegas, Little Bavaria, Oprah, Siegfried and Roy | 3 Comments ↓

#914 Silly Putty wasn’t always a fun toy…

Posted on 2014/07/16 by Troy — 2 Comments ↓
silly putty package

Do you remember Silly Putty? That sort of rubbery compound that came in a plastic egg that you could roll into a ball and bounce or roll into the shape Continue Reading →

Posted in Art, Discovery, Education, Entertainment, Science | Tagged Crayola Crayon, Japan, Korea, rubber, Silly Putty, toys, World War 2 | 2 Comments ↓

#920 Origami : A fun hobby for all ages

Posted on 2014/06/30 by Troy — 71 Comments ↓
origami swan crane word

Origami from ori meaning “folding” and kami meaning “paper” is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. Origami started in the 17th century AD and was popularized outside of Japan Continue Reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged China, Christmas, crane, education, Japan, LEGO, origami, paper folding, science, swan | 71 Comments ↓

#924 Pufferfish is an amazing little fish because…

Posted on 2014/06/17 by Troy — 15 Comments ↓
puffer fish 2

Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species, which are variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, Continue Reading →

Posted in Animals | Tagged China, fish, Japan, Korea, National Geographic, nature, panda, posion, Tetraodontidae | 15 Comments ↓

#946 Bonsai trees

Posted on 2014/05/15 by Troy — 9 Comments ↓
bonsai tree on rock

One thing that always makes me smile though so far in my life I have not had the patience to successfully pull it off is bonsai trees. Every time I Continue Reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged Bonsai, Buddhist monks, China, Japan, Karate Kid, Mr. Myagi, tree | 9 Comments ↓

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