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Meaning. According to tradition, "the birds and the bees" is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and results of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events. For instance, bees carry and deposit pollen into flowers, a visible and easy-to-explain parallel to fertilization.
The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees is the fifth studio album by the American pop rock band the Monkees, released in 1968 by Colgems Records.It was the first album released after the cancellation of their TV show and subsequently was their first not to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200, peaking at No. 3, and their first not to chart in the UK, with their four previous efforts all having ...
A U.S. Air Force research project that intends to disguise spy drones as birds hearkens back to stories of photo cameras tied to German homing pigeons during World War I. 1940s Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr and musical composer George Antheil devised a radio-controlled 'Secret Communications System' for steering torpedoes, inspired by the pianola ...
Recorded. November 1941. Composer (s) Walter Kent. Lyricist (s) Nat Burton. " (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover " is a popular World War II song composed in 1941 by Walter Kent to lyrics by Nat Burton. Made famous in the United Kingdom by Vera Lynn 's 1942 version, it was one of Lynn's best-known recordings and among the ...
Greg Simkins was born in Torrance, California, slightly south of Los Angeles.His artistic ambitions bloomed at age three with drawings inspired by cartoons and books. Some of these works, such as The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, and Watership Down by Richard Adams, still find reference in his ar
One bird pecked more than 10,000 times in 45 minutes (Note 2/20/89 BFSkinner Foundation and author's collection.) U [2] As long as the target remained in the center of the screen, the screen would not move, but if the bomb began to go off track, the image would move towards the edge of the screen. The pigeons would follow the image, pecking at ...
Leonard Dubkin was born in 1905 in Odessa, Russia Empire. He came to the United States with his parents in 1907. The oldest of seven with a chronically ill father, his family relied on Jewish charity organizations. In the eighth grade, Leonard dropped out of school to work and take care of his family. By the age of 12 he was taking meticulous ...
Ornithotheology, or an encouragement to humanity, through a careful observation of birds, towards admiration, love and respect for their powerful, of the wise and good Creator. 1743 – George Edwards begins publication of his bird plates. 1754 – Jean-Louis Alléon-Dulac publishes Mélange d'histoire naturelle.