From “burping” your house to sloth biology, curling stones and cunning squirrels, this humor column mixes odd facts, bad jokes and nature notes.

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One thing I enjoy about living in Virginia is that I get to experience all four seasons; seeing the landscape change ...

But one thing I have never seen, nor heard of before, was burping a turkey. I didn't even realize that turkeys burp until I ...

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A simple German practice, 'house burping' or Lüften, is gaining global traction. This involves briefly opening windows wide multiple times daily to refresh indoor air, combatting mould, pollutants, ...

I was puzzled when the husband announced he was going to burp the house. I asked if he thought it would need a diaper change, too. “You know, burp the house,” he said with an air of disbelief. I ...

Have you heard of “house burping”? First of all, it sounds disgusting, but it also sounds smart. Apparently, it’s a custom Germans have known about and practised for years They call it “luften,” but I ...

Oh, it's been cold this winter. So open a window. In Germany, they called that luften, and it's found fans in the U.S. who call it house burping. Annette Baran is with the Goethe-Institut and joins us ...