- Pregnant mothers carrying boys are less forgetful than those carrying girls.
- In the Czech Republic, peas are thrown at brides and grooms rather than rice.
- Anyone in good enough condition to run three miles a day is in good enough condition not to have to.
- Honeybees, turtles and termites are all deaf.
- The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci.
- "Paraphilia" is the technical term for sexual deviation or perversion.
- Lions sleep almost 20 hours a day.
- "Caterpillar" means "hairy cat" in Old French.
- Waterskiing was originally called "plank-gliding" in England.
- There are more germs in the human mouth than in the anus.
- 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.
- Badminton used to be known as "poona."
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Men and Animals - 6
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