Interesting Did you Know’s?

Did You Know?

Hilda M. Morrill

hilda@bostongardens.com

Listed in no particular order ….

Truffles cost more per pound than gold does.
~Emeril Lagasse

Fossil research confirms that during periods of global warming, insects eat more plants.
~Boston Globe, “Discoveries,” 2/18/08

At
the magnificent Mayan ruin of Chichen Itza in Mexico, every spring and
fall equinox, light and shadow strike the pyramid in such a way as to
produce an outline of Kulkulkan, the feathered serpent god revered by
the Mayans for bringing good luck to their crops.
~AAA Horizons, June 2004

Oak trees are the main source of cork.
~Boston Herald, 02/03/06

The
shellac that protects furniture is made from lac, a sticky substance
that insectssecrete. These inisects gather by the hundreds and
thousands on soapberry and acacia trees in Burma and India. The word lac or lakh means hundred thousand in Persian and Hindu.
~Suburban Shopper, 12/13/06

In
North America alone there are over 12,000 species of butterflies and
moths. Most moths are also beneficial pollinators; far fewer are
harmful.
~Mary Arakelian, Mayflower, May/June 2006

Poison ivy is a member of the cashew family…
~Andy Tomolonis, Boston Herald, 06/15/03