During Hurricane Katrina, Formosan termites played a large role in the failure of flood walls in New Orleans. The seams of the walls were made from sugarcane waste, a favorite food of termites.
source: American Entomologist (Vol. 54, No. 3)… Read More
The composer Aaron Copland had a low opinion of the symphonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams, a composer of the English pastoral school. Copland supposedly said that listening to Williams’ Symphony No. 5 “is like staring at a cow for forty-five minutes. ”