Jenny

“To see what Times Square looked like before a city was there, we turn to a remarkable project called Welikia, which grew out of a smaller project called Mannahatta. The Welikia project has produced a detailed ecological map of the landscape in New York City at the time of the arrival of Europeans. The interactive map, available online at welikia.org, is a fantastic snapshot of a different New York. In 1609, the island of Manhattan was part of a landscape of rolling hills, marshes, woodlands, lakes, and rivers.”
― Randall Munroe, What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

“There were no earthworms in New England when the European colonists arrived.”
― Randall Munroe, What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

“He opened the door, and after feeling the height of the seat, I hopped in, as nimble as a goat. Well, that’s what my Ma used to call me. A stubborn, nimble goat. ”
― Georgia Le Carre, Blind Reader Wanted

“I took the medallion out and examined it again. To be perfectly honest, I don’t think I’d have blinked if I’d seen the phrase One Ring to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them stenciled on one side.”
― Michael Angel, Centaur of the Crime