Today I learned that the scientific name for the 'Baby's breath' flower is Gypsophila[^1]. I also learned why Grackles travel in packs[^2] but that's another essay. I've been trying desperately to stuff some new new words into my noggin. I figured some of the terrible song lyrics from the 80s I know would be pushed out trying to learn the formal names of plants.
Today I learned that there is a flower that smells like shrimp. For the last week I had been asking the better half if she smelled shrimp. At first, I had just assumed that perhaps the neighbors had cooked a Beaufort stew outside and had maybe dumped some of the water into their yard. I knew I was wrong after it stuck around for a week.
Today I learned how to better control our indoor air quality by controlling the air up under the house.