Word up?

This is not a ‘spelling bee’ or a ‘spell-a-thon’. No, this is The Wordfest! One of Canada’s largest international literary festival and it is happening in Banff, Calgary and the Bow Valley area. Running from October 13th -18th, you can enjoy a wide variety of events from interviews, book signings, readings, panel discussions and so much…

This? Or That?

Some things have really strange names. For that matter, so do some people. Or bands. Or…well, you get the picture. If you think that you’re a pro at deciphering what something is just from its moniker, head on over to mental_floss and try out one of these “lunchtime quizzes”: –Discontinued Ben and Jerry’s Flavour or…

Earth is GROWING and EXPANDING!!!

Were you taught that the movement of land mass of lithosphere on earth is due to moving tectonic plates? Well, the tectonic plates theory propose that there are eight major plates and many minor plates and these plates move in three basic ways: Divergent, Convergent and Transforming. Divergent boundaries is the expansion between plates, convergent…