Did you get a wrinkle today?

There used to be a commercial on a popular children's channel in which a celebrity told us "When you learn something new your brain gets a wrinkle." (That isn't exactly true, but our brains do store information in the wrinkles.) We are all familiar with that old adage "you learn something new every day". Normally I wouldn't agree with that phrase, but guess what? Today I actually DID learn something that I had not previously known.

Every Friday, Lord willing, I gather with my local home school group: New Ulm Area Scholars At Home (NUASH). Among the various families of our group are two who live on farms. Having grown up in the big "city" of New Ulm, I admit that I don't know much about farm life. So any time these two ladies talk about farm-related topics I am just fascinated.

Today they were conversing about hatching chickens. Did you know that chicks have a special "growth" on their beaks called an egg tooth that allows them to peck their way out of their shell?? I had no idea! After a few days this special tooth goes away, so it's sole purpose is to aid the chick in its life cycle. How awesome to think that God gave even the little insignificant fowl of the earth a special trait to allow them to do this one specific job!