Got Milk?

The temperature of milk inside a cow is 101 degrees Fahrenheit.

But, after the cow is milked, the milk is then promptly cooled and stored at 40 deg. F.

Deep in the Heart of CAPTCHA

I wanted to watch a video earlier, but as is always the case with this particular website, they put in a CAPTCHA feature to keep automated programs from downloading the videos. It's usually just a "copy this phrase" but sometimes it's a multiple choice quiz and I'd never seen this one before tonight.

I'm glad I got it right.

Bath Time With Bix

I'm Above Average

The average person laughs 13 times a day.

Not Exactly a Ringing Endorsement

I have been seeing more and more recipes calling for a pinch of saffron (I'm thinking it's going to be the next trendy ingredient).  I've never used it in cooking, but was familiar with it because I had once thought it might be a lucrative crop to grow. (labor intensive, though)

I had looked at it on Amazon before but that had been a year or two ago and I was wondering if it had gone up in price since that time.  I sorted the different brands by customer ranking and under one highly rated I found this critical, less-than-favorable review:

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Killer Robot

July 21, 1984: In Jackson, Michigan, a factory robot crushed a worker against a safety bar in the first known robot-related death in the U.S.