I grew up with a garbage hound, none of those things in your post are strange... :)

Ah. Neatorama. I love you. I do think that this is one of my favorite blogs.

@sadtomato perhaps it was carried in by a swallow. It could grip it by the husk.

Hey now, its not the only tool people should be using to learn, but its pretty darn handy. Especially with a song, its so much easier to remember facts and what not if you learn them in a song.

In fact, I can *still* sing all of the US states in alphabetical order! (a song I learned in 4th grade, i am now 27!) I can then take the map and label all the states and their capitals.... :)