sounds like a diesel....naa it's just high performance

here are some random things I learned just today on the plains trip.

trees when their leaves change color it isn't just for looks. they create a poison which has a hue and when the leaves fall and pile up on the ground and break down the poison is left. you guessed it only like trees are able to grow with that chemical in the ground. neat

the i before e saying is stupid.

to burn the calories from one m & m you have to walk one football field.

a group of grad students and a prof. were in badlands park and found a dino fossil. now humans have a bone that only humans have and this dino had it to. now this means alot but it means we aren't as special as we thought. but the prof. who years of research would be wittled to bunk if the bone was to be found said he would pay the grad students student loans if thet would break it. and they all did. now he was found out and has been black balled from the sceince commuity.

leaches can eat five times their body weight. they only need to eat once every year and a half.

there are snakes that save energy by climbing in high trees and jumping from them and flying.....covering more ground faster. it really looked beautiful and it flew. can you imagen hiking and a snake falls from the sky? crazy.