September 30, 2008 20:56:11
When bees buzz, they talk to each other, right? Wrong! Bees buzz because their wings flap so fast. They talk by dancing - and what a dance it is! The special jitterbug-like dance of the honey bee was first noticed in 1944 by Austrian naturalist Karl von Frisch. Bees need to tell eac...
April 2, 2009 19:17:33
The first kiss can make or break a relationship. Besides being an emotional experience, kissing tells our primitive brains much about each other. The more different a man's saliva is from the woman's, the stronger the sub-conscious attraction. And research in the animal kingdom is revealing that...
April 18, 2010 15:27:25
When times are rough and jobs are scarce, women wear more lipstick! It's called the Lipstick Effect. Lipstick and make-up have a deep, dark and dangerous history. We take a look at how it all started and why it has become so popular. Take a purplish-red seaweed dye, add fine red cla...
August 1, 2008 14:20:56
A pencil is quiet, clean, odorless, inexpensive, and lightweight. You can slip it in your pocket and take it anywhere - it is a secret friend and probably the most common utensil of our daily lives. Dozens of them lay around our homes and offices and in our pockets, yet we hardly think about it ...
September 30, 2008 20:52:13
There are over 3 billion toilet paper users in the world and that number is growing fast. Each of us TP users roll out 60 squares of the stuff every day. That adds up to about 3,000 sq ft each year (300 sq m) per person. The yearly TP use in the USA alone would be enough to cover the State of No...
February 14, 2009 16:12:07
THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS DRAWINGS
These symbols or logos are a few of the world's best known drawings. Most of them are what we call "brands". They communicate so much and are so powerful that they can be worth millions of dollars. A brand is a promise - a promise of service, quality, or value. A brand can also be a s...
September 30, 2008 20:23:51
Feb 7, 2008 marked the beginning of the first of 60 cycles of the Chinese zodiac calendar, and that starts with the year of The Earth Rat. And pet stores all over Asia and in Russia did record business selling mice, rats, gerbils, and hamsters. The western astrological zodiac calend...
March 25, 2009 14:29:16
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. There was an old lady who swallowed a spider, that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. There was a...
April 28, 2010 20:59:15
Everything that has happened is in the past and everything that will happen is in the future. But when the past meets the future, there's no time or place, cause there's no room in between. So how do we know where we are or if we even are really here at all? The more I think about it, the only t...
February 13, 2010 20:09:31
Rachel in Australia writes: I love you for sharing this wonderful generous resource, Tim. Thank you so much!! Regards, Rachel. And this is just one of the dozens of thank you emails we have received in the last year from timtim users. These emails are a real valentine for us here at timtim - r...
October 18, 2009 18:02:54
Stare at the black cross in the middle of this drawing. Keep your eyes on the cross and you will slowly see the pink dots be washed away by the rotating green dot! Now, try to follow the green dot with your eye around the circle. As you do, the green dot will disappear and all you will see is th...
March 12, 2010 13:15:11
Why Do Easter Bunnies Have Eggs?
Why do Easter Bunnies bring Easter Eggs? And what is all this about hunting for Easter eggs - where did that come from? Most people think of Easter as the holy days of the Christian Calendar marking the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But many Easter celebrations include The Easter Bunny...
January 11, 2010 00:42:51
World's Most Sold Comic! Timtim Visits Mort Walker
Just after Thanksgiving 2009, timtim member Graham, his dad Robert, and I watched as Mort Walker focused his thoughts, took pencil and paper, and began to draw. It was a pleasure to the eye and amazing to see his power of concentration. A minute later he’d brought Beetle Bailey to life...