More random topics I have gotten to find out more about in the past few weeks, thanks to my work-in-progess:

• the world record for stone-skipping (51 skips, in case you were wondering.  Also, bet you didn’t know that there is a North American Stone Skipping Association.)
• the square footage of a particular high school in Frederick County, MD
• online square root calculators
• the writings of Lady Gregory
• jewelry made from iron ore
• pictures of loincloths
• guns used by 18^th century East Coast settlers
• symptoms of smallpox
• legends of the Mimis (fairy-like beings of aboriginal Australia)
• dolphin physiology