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February 10, 2016

The Falabella miniature horse

The Falabella miniature horse is one of the smallest breeds of horse in the world, seldom taller than 8 hands (32 inches) in height at the withers. The Falabella, despite its size, is not considered a pony, but rather is a miniature horse.

MULLET OVER BY JAMES K. WHITE  |  FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The logo on what automobiles has six stars


james k whiteWhat’s the hottest thing you’ve ever seen or felt? Nuclear physicists at the Brookhaven Lab smashed gold ions together and temporarily created a temperature estimated at 4,000,000,000,000 (4 trillion) degrees Celsius.

The logo on Subaru automobiles has six stars. Those six represent Pleiades, part of the constellation Taurus. The name Subaru is Japanese for the Pleiades star cluster. I had long thought the auto was named after one of the Baru sisters, but I was apparently incorrect.