Fun fact!

The Harvest had just begun at a Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Brother and Sister Brown arrived there early in fancy clothes.
The stingy couple did not bring any gifts for the Harvest.
 
A mouthy deacon with prying eyes approached them at the gate.
“Good morning, Brother and Sister Brown,” he said heartily.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown politely returned the greeting.
 
The inquisitive deacon immediately asked Mrs. Brown,
“Why did you and your husband come here with empty hands?”
“You didn’t even bring a dozen eggs for the harvest,” he added.
 
Mr. Brown said nothing, but his wife bluntly replied,
“I can’t lay; neither can Mr. Brown, so how the hell could we get eggs?”
And this was the funniest joke at the harvest Ingathering.

Brightly she shines in our night sky;
her name the goddess of love.  
Once Earth's twin –  
similar in size and structure –  
her hellish heat  
and sulphuric sky  
have rendered her an evil monster.  
  
Cloaked in a carbon dioxide blanket,  
her acid rain, violent volcanoes  
and lakes of lava run rampant;  
their heat unable to escape  
the scorching surface.  
No seasons serve to cool or calm.  
   
Even the night  
offers little respite  
from the soaring heat  
and you could be forgiven for thinking  
that night-time might last for ever.  
With no moon to light the sky,  
the planet plunges into darkness,  
save for its own continued  
volcanic activity.  
   
Still, were you to    
survive the four-month journey,  
the noxious clouds,  
the crushing atmosphere    
and ferocious temperature,  
you would be rewarded  
with a sunset which never ends.  
   
It's only on Venus  
that you could walk fast enough  
to keep the sunset in your view  
for ever and ever.  
Should you tire and rest,  
the sun will finally set  
so very slowly.  
   
And with a Venusian day  
lasting longer than a year,
you'll have a long, long wait  
until a smudge of yellow on the horizon
signals a new dawn,
as finally the sun begins its ascent
in the West.

Now that I got your attention…
 
Did  

You

Know

That...
 
Clownfishes (or Anemonefish)  
First develop as male
But when they mature
They become female
 
I guess nature has a way of teaching us lessons
Transformation happens everywhere
In different species
Across various groups

And now you know

Learning about some fun facts is very educational. You learn things you didn't know, and some are mind-blowing.

I decided to stick with poetry and discover other new truths about it. I found lots that left my mouth gaping.

Like understanding that poetry is actually from a Greek term poiesis, which means "making".

Poiesis has the meaning of making art or creating something in artistic form.
It’s a little like drawing, but with writing. The words used in poetry are often written differently than in actual text, so they make for a great way to learn.

Also learning that the longest ever poem in the whole world is the Mahabharata. An Indian epic poem dating from the 4th century or earlier. The poem has about 1.8 million words.
Now that is impacting to know a poem was that insanely long. I love long poetry and love writing them long but now I realize mine doesn't compare to the Mahabharata. Now that's a really fun fact to know.