August 29, 2010 11:43:44
Giraffes are the world's tallest animal and they are only found in Africa. They never bathe, are powerful enough to kill a lion, and they are threatened by loss of territory and by hunters who want their tails for flyswatters and lucky charms. A mother Giraffe carries her baby for 1...
August 22, 2010 19:34:05
She was ugly and greenish with a bent nose, warts, pointy chin, bad teeth, and messy gray hair sticking out under her hat. At first, she was scary. But when she showed up the third time it made me angry. I had to get up and get rid of her. My bottom-bunk bed was right next to the sa...
August 19, 2010 16:48:23
The panic is on! Bedbugs, a flat, brown bug 2-4mm long that feeds on human blood are crawling into America's bedrooms at an alarming rate. It's like the H1N1 flu panic last year. People don’t go to the movies after bedbugs were found in the seats of a movie theater in Times Square, at CNN ...
July 29, 2010 14:41:51
I grew up with two sisters, so I knew a lot about girls and what a pain they could be. I also knew that they were made different. We were a big family with one very busy bathroom. I felt kinda sorry for girls – they seemed to have some parts missing. They couldn’t just stand and squi...
July 10, 2010 19:25:37
"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 can be a symbol of power and authority, but is most often a promise - a promise...
June 24, 2010 19:19:41
DreamWorks takes Danish Trolls to Hollywood
In 1959 Thomas Dam was an unemployed danish fisherman. With no money to buy a Christmas gift for his daughter Lajla, he used his family's carving talents to make a gift. He created a wooden, troll doll modeling it after his own mirror image. 51 years later the trolls are going to Hollywood. On J...
May 8, 2010 15:41:39
During the Cold War, Mother's Day was the one day of the year when a launched nuclear missile could have gone out of control. All commercial telephone satellites were overloaded with transatlantic Mother's Day calls, and the US military often used these satellites as back-up guidance systems for...
April 28, 2010 20:59:15
Made in Denmark - The Story behind timtim
What's happened is the past , what will happen is the future . When the past meets the future, there's nothing, cause there's no room in between. How do we know if we even are really here? The thing that comes to mind is that maybe I should clean my fingernails! When I was 14, one of my teache...
April 25, 2010 13:04:53
Murals DC: Graffiti Art in Obama's Backyard
The Murals DC project started by Jim Graham, a Washington DC City Council Member, uses known DC graffiti artists to mentor and train young taggers, instilling a sense of community and pride in their work. It is an effort to replace illegal graffiti with artistic works, to revitalize sites with...
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...
April 1, 2010 14:25:30
Frogs can predict earthquakes up to 5 days days before they happen. They sense the release of radon gases and charged particles that are released from deep Earth movements before quakes strike. They use these as a form of earthquake early-warning-system and leave their colonies for higher ground...
March 23, 2010 01:12:40
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads. Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled. Meanness don't jes' happen overnight. &nb...
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...
March 4, 2010 22:14:47
St. Patrick's Day is named after Saint Patrick who died in 461 AD. He is the patron saint of Ireland and the day of his birth, March 17th, was made a Catholic holiday in the early 1600's and an official Irish public holiday in 1903. Each March 17th, St. Patrick's Day parades take place all arou...
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...