Five fact Friday! 1. S.E. Hinton was just 18 when her first book, The Outsiders, was published. She turned 65 on July 22nd. 2. Some breeds of carrot contain a protein that stops ice crystals from growing. 3. Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung developed several theories that have become commonplace today, including the concepts of extroversion, introversion, and the collective unconscious. He was born 138 years ago today, on July 26, 1875. 4. In earth’s gravity, buoyant convection (which normally plays an important role in maintaining and shaping a flame on earth)develops when hot, less dense combustion products rise. 5. The real name for brain freeze is ‘sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia’.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:01:00 +0000