When I learn, I know

Lately, I've caught myself doing some research on the internet to learn a few things. I learned two really weird things. So, I'm going to have a little moment here like Osaka from Azumanga Diaho reviewing the things I learned today, but they won't be about pig tails *wink*.

So, one of the things I was researching was the symbology for tigers. I was thinking of using the information for my book, but I quickly discovered that the research was unusable and had to go in a different direction, but I still learned this weird thing that clicked in my brain and suddenly made the movie 'The Last Samurai' more interesting to me.

Did you know that a tiger is considered one of the three senseless creatures of the Chinese Zodiac? They say that a tiger is always angry and that there is no logic behind his actions. Well, when I first saw 'The Last Samurai' - I was like, 'Isn't Tom Cruise a producer for this? So, of course he'd pick for himself to be symbolized by something cool like a tiger?' Yeah, but after reading that, I think that perhaps there was a little more thought in the choice of him being symbolized by a tiger than I originally thought. The typical symbolic description of a tiger describes his character perfectly, so I was impressed that the show wasn't as brainless as I thought.

The other thing I learned was that rubies are sapphires. Sapphires come in most colours and the red ones are just called Rubies instead of Red Sapphires, which is what all the other coloured sapphires are called (example: Pink Sapphires, Orange Sapphires). Weird eh?

I'm trying to think if I learned anything else lately ... nope - brain's empty.