TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Man, we've had a lot of rain around here recently. With a lot of rain comes a lot of earthworms. I've seen them all over the place lately! It made me want to hunt down a few fun facts about worms, and now I am going to share them with you!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

HINT: (1858-1919), 26th President of the United States.

RANDOM TIDBITS
The Australian Gippsland Earthworm grows to 12 feet long and can weigh 1-1/2 pounds.

There are approximately 2,700 different kinds of earthworms.

In one acre of land, there can be more than a million earthworms.

Worms tunnel deeply in the soil and bring subsoil closer to the surface mixing it with the topsoil. Slime, a secretion of earthworms, contains nitrogen. Nitrogen is an important nutrient for plants. The sticky slime helps to hold clusters of soil particles together in formations called aggregates.

Worms are hermaphrodites. Each worm has both male and female organs. Worms mate by joining their clitella (swollen area near the head of a mature worm) and ex-changing sperm. Then each worm forms an egg capsule in its clitellum.

Even though worms don't have eyes, they can sense light, especially at their anterior (front end). They move away from light and will become paralyzed if exposed to light for too long (approximately one hour).

*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is it?

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QUOTE: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

ANSWER: Theodore Roosevelt.

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