Ringo Starr Narrated Thomas The Tank Engine

Ringo Starr, the drummer for the Beatles music band was the Original Narrator for Thomas the Tank engine. The Voice in the background telling the story about what is happening in each scene. 

He liked trains a lot because he took on other train related roles. 

Edelweiss Song

“Edelweiss” from The Sound of Music is a song about the edelweiss flower. 🌼

The flower is used as a symbol of the Austrian countryside and, in the context of the musical, as a symbol of home, Austria, and affection for the country.

One interesting little fact: the song wasn't actually an old Austrian folk song. It was written specifically for The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

So the Edelweiss is actually a flower, not a person or a feeling. They grow in the mountains are very tough, a bit like daisies. 

Raisins Are Grapes

Raisins are grapes that are dried up, all the water is removed. If you drop a raisin in water and leave it there for a while, it will swell up and resemble a grape. In some cases it will almost look like a fresh grape depending on how the water was removed. 

Normally it won't quite resemble a fresh grape because the drying process changes the cell structure but when it is fully hydrated, it would still be a grape, just not fresh looking. It would look like a bruised grape with some wrinkles. 

Gregorian Calendar

The 9 11 terrorist attacks can be used to remember how many days there are in each month of the Gregorian Calendar, the calendar we use here in the west. 

Month 2 has 28 days or 29 on a leap year. 

Months 4, 6, 9 and 11 have 30 days the rest of the months have 31 days. 

2 Planes hit the trade towers 

4 Planes were hijacked 

6 Looks like an upsidedown 9

9 is the month of the attack 

11 is the day of the month when the attack happened 

Remember 4, 6, 9 11; April, June September and November (30 days) the rest have 31 except for February. 

Dragon Fruit Cactus

The Dragon Fruits you buy in the supermarket grow on a Cactus

It is a strange looking cactus called Hylocereus. It looks like a tree with lots of cactus branches sticking out of it. 

The fruits are very sweet. 

Midnight At the Oasis Song Meaning

Midnight at the Oasis sang by Maria Muldaur was written by David Michtern. It is a fantasy about being seduced in a far away exotic location. It is a fantasy about being alone with another person and falling in love with them with no one else around. 

A Secret Phone

If you see a BT  global billboard, there is  often a hidden phone on the side of the display that lets you make a free phone call. 

Many one then have a dial pad with a speaker and microphone and a button to speed dial emergency services. 

They also have usb charging  ports so you can charge up your phone.