To a dim whirl of languor and delight, / I wound in gyrant orbits smooth and white […]

They’re a bit scared of these seemingly mature females. They may “love” an especially attractive, outgoing one, but she’s probably interested, at a distance, in an older boy. So the “little boys” get tougher, clumsier, ruder and snatchier. It’s a splendid period of mutual rejection!

Twice a year the geese migrate — from Florida to Canada and back again.

Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.