Daily Factoid

You Must Be Yolking!

Farmers often add African and French marigold petals to chicken feed to make egg yolks a darker yellow.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Mon 6 May 2013 

Poor Richard's Advice

Would you live

with ease, 

do what you ought,

and not what you please.

- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1734

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Tue 7 May 2013

The appearance of bats in the early evening is an omen of fine weather to come.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Wed 8  May 2013