The question today on my trivia calendar is "How do horses avoid falling over when they sleep standing up?" I never thought about horses falling over in their sleep, although I have heard of cow tipping. In case you're wondering, yes, I grew up in the country but no, I never took part in cow tipping. But I digress. About those horses, evidently they have a system of ligaments and tendons, called the stay apparatus, that allows them to lock their legs in position when they sleep standing up. Now you may wonder why I even care about this. It's because, in the senior's exercise class that I attend twice a week, we do a lot of exercises to improve our balance, and I have observed, in myself, that I am much better at balancing on two feet than one (I'm pretty sure that's why God gave us two feet, but I could probably use that stay apparatus. So maybe I'm just experiencing leg envy. It has to be easier to balance on four feet than two.
But that's enough on that topic. I will leave you with a riddle/challenge that my west coast brother shared with me earlier today. Can you write down eight eights so they add up to 1,000? I will provide the answer tomorrow.
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