Facts and Folklore to Tell Your Friends

Enjoy a helping of some of our favorite facts and folklore from the new edition:

1. A Grumble and a Rumble: Do you have a belly ache? Bad weather could be coming—indigestion was once said to precede storms!
2. Sowing the Seeds of Flight: Medieval magicians believed that putting celery seeds in their shoes would enable them to fly.
3. Don’t Throw That Out: What do hair, coffee grounds, and corncobs have in common? They’re all good ingredients for a compost pile!
4. Cool Astronomy: The Ancient Romans believed that comets forecasted cold weather.
5. It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! Next year (2018) will be Superman’s 80^th birthday! Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel created the iconic comic book character in 1938.
6. Leave It to Beaver: Beavers don’t worry about having pearly white teeth: their front teeth are naturally orange!
7. Pseudo Suds: When is a soap not really a soap? When it’s a detergent! Unlike traditional soap, detergent does not contain animal fat.
8. Smelly Remedies: For itchy insect bites, a slice of raw onion may be the fix. Onions contain sulfur and flavonoids, which can help stop itching and heal bites!
9. What Time Is It? Towers, water bowls, and candles have all been used as clocks to keep track of time.
10. Cricket Anatomy: A cricket’s ears are located on its front legs!

For more fantastic folklore and trivia, check out The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids: Volume 7, available now in stores and at Almanac.com/kids!