NOW YOU KNOW

The haiku form was established in Japan as a way of
protesting the changes an Emperor made to a court poet's
work to change its meaning. The edited version had the
five-seven-five syllable pattern, which the poet never
deviated from in future.



The name of our galaxy, the Milky Way, comes from the
ancient Greeks and their belief that it was made from drops
of milk from the breasts of either the goddess Hera or the
goddess Rhea. According to one legend, while Heracles was
suckling from Hera, she realized that the infant was the
illegitimate son of Zeus and another woman, and pushed him
away. The spurting milk formed the Milky Way.

                       

Everybody has seen the tall strange chef's hat that balloons
at the top. But what is the reason for this unusual shape?
Well, its basic purpose is to counteract the intense heat
in the kitchen. The hat is shaped like this not just to
look cool, but also to allow air to circulate around the
chef's scalp and thus to keep his or her head from over-
heating.