an article that is both profoundly trivial and superficially deep.
Toblerone here, still keepin' it surreal for the unwashed masses. Today I bring you a random article to fill in your long dreary days until the next Understanding the Universe article.
It isn't unusual for me to become fixated on a random topic for one or two weeks. For example once several years ago I decided to find out everything I could on Scandinavian Lemmings. Did you know that Lemmings don't really commit suicide? The myth stems from the fact that Lemmings experience a population boom at a certain time of the year. They breed extremely fast and become sexual mature after only two weeks. Anyway due to this some Lemmings are crowded out and forced to live in valleys that get flooded. This forces them to migrate to higher ground.
The problem with Lemmings is that they aren't too smart (from a human perspective). They pick a high point in the distance and go DIRECTLY for it. I mean they won't go around anything. If they come across a boat for example, they won't swim around it, they'll go over it! On rare occasions their direct path will lead them over the side of a cliff. This is where the Lemming mass sucide myth comes from.
I bring up this useless fact because I am currently on a new topic. This time I am researching my family tree. So far I've found four distance relations on the internet; two sixth cousins, a sixth cousin 3 times removed and a fouth cousins several times removed.
It really brings home the fact that everyone is related somehow if we go back far enough. It's a shame we sometimes treat our own family like shit.
Until next time, spare a thought for the humble Lemming...and move your damn boat.