Did You Know??

I've been watching Discovery Channel's "One Planet" today - did you know that the whole earth sees the same moon, in the same phases, at the same time, but that the southern hemisphere sees it upside down from what the northern hemisphere sees it?? Neat, huh?! thought you'd like to know :) And that once in a "Blue Moon" there are 13 cycles of the moon in a year (usually there are only 12 lunar months) - And one species of Tern (that's a bird :), on the island of Ascension, just south of the equator in the Atlantic Ocean, breeds once in exactly 10 lunar 'months' - one year that may occur in early June, the next in mid-April, the next year in early February - the birds know exactly when the 10th lunar cycle occurs. Most all other species of bird breed at the same time/season of year - Spring. And the high-low tides are so dramatic in Nova Scotia, that high tide is 36 feet higher than the low tide! - I love learning stuff like this! :) You've heard of the term "lunacy"? It truly does happen when the gravitational pull of the moon is at it's strongest! Ask any policeman or daddy! :)