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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Men and Animals - 6

  1. Pregnant mothers carrying boys are less forgetful than those carrying girls.
  2. In the Czech Republic, peas are thrown at brides and grooms rather than rice.
  3. Anyone in good enough condition to run three miles a day is in good enough condition not to have to.
  4. Honeybees, turtles and termites are all deaf.
  5. The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci.
  6. "Paraphilia" is the technical term for sexual deviation or perversion.
  7. Lions sleep almost 20 hours a day.
  8. "Caterpillar" means "hairy cat" in Old French.
  9. Waterskiing was originally called "plank-gliding" in England.
  10. There are more germs in the human mouth than in the anus.
  11. The first issue of Playboy, in 1953, which sold for a mere fifty cents, was never dated, because Hugh Hefner assumed he'd never publish another.
  12. Badminton used to be known as "poona."

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