Men And Animals - 5

1. Ancient Egyptians kissed with their noses instead of with their lips.
   
2. I've never had premonitions, but I think one day I might
   
3. Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourage saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up
   
4. Pnigophobia is the fear of choking on fish bones
   
5. Mercedes Benz cars are named after Mercedes Jellinek, the daughter of Emil Jellinek, the Austrian businessman who founded the company.
   
6. A "quinquagenarian" is someone in their fifties.
   
7. The country of Andorra has a zero percent unemployment rate.
   
8. Sony's first product was a rice cooker.
   
9. A cocktail of gin and vermouth is called a Gibson if it has an onion in it. A cocktail of gin and vermouth is called a martini if it has an olive in it.
   
10. Before "SOS" was introduced as the most recognized distress signal, the signal was "CQD." "CQ" stood for "seek you" and "D" stood for "Danger"
    
11. Because of their racing metabolisms, hummingbirds are always two hours away from starvation.
    
12. The 1912 Olympics was the last time gold medals were made entirely of gold.