Feminist Dorothy Parker named her parrot "Onan" because he often spilled his seed upon the ground.
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Feminist Dorothy Parker named her parrot "Onan" because he often spilled his seed upon the ground.
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Whilst practicing funerary cannibalism, the Fore people of New Guinea consumed every part of their loved one; even the feces, which was mixed with palatable herbs.
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Waterproof mascara had been developed and was available for consumer use in the 1920s.
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An adult polar bear consumes between 40 to 50 seals a year.
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Popular chewing gum brands of the 1920s: Clove and Black Jack.
Marlboro cigarettes were introduced in 1924. Ironically, they were at first advertised as cigarettes for women! Later, of course, Marlboros were advertised with Western/gritty cowboy themes...
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I saw the word "baby", and immediately thought of little known facts about children...so...
Toddlers* who (for whatever reason) cut their heads open WILL BLEED LIKE THEIR BRAINS ARE FALLING OUT!!!
This is something I did not know when it happened to my toddler Son...
*actually this applies to every age...it's just unsettling when it happens to a child.
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The sacrifice of babies was a libel used by Romans against Christians, and by Christians against Jews.
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When the large, glaring lightning bolt appeared outside my window accompanied by a simultaneous great Boom! ... without thinking I fell to one knee by the washing machine.
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The brain uses more than 25% of the oxygen used by the human body.
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The youngest mother to give birth, Peruvian Lina Medina, was 5 years old. The father of the child was never determined.
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But, did the baby live? Was it even alive at birth?Originally Posted by parallaxicality
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Yes, but he died of bone marrow disease at the age of 40.
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Thank you for that information.
I forgot to ask, did the mother survive the live birth?
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yes. She is, in fact, still alive.
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Thank you, so much.
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The animal with the largest brain in relation to its body is the ant.
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The Cardinals lead The Rangers 8 to 6 after five innings.
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Wikipedia lists 70 "found footage"-style horror films ala The Blair Witch Project, 50 of which were produced in the last 5 years.
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Wikepedia has an article documenting multiple pandemics per century of the Bubonic Plague during a consecutive 300 year period of time.
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Wikipedia has an article.
More than one, in fact.
STARGAZING: All I see are the lights of a billion places I'll never go. --Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary
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When teaching English to Arabic speakers, one finds they are inclined to drop the S at the end of plurals.
When teaching English to Spanish speakers, one finds they are inclined to drop Hs from the beginning of words ("harbour" becomes "arbour", for instance) and also add Hs to the beginning of words that don't have them ("arbour" becomes "harbour", for instance).
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Any thing you say is teaching English to a toddler.
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Not if you say it in Chinese.
I wish I knew all those years ago that simply joining this board and proclaiming myself to be rational would magically transform my uninformed opinions into science; it would have saved me a lot of time and effort.
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OK, I'll keep it going - When you sneeze, all voluntary actions in your body stops, including your heart if its about to beat. In other words, try talking, seeing, etc, everything seems to stop momentarily when you sneeze. And talking about sneezing, ever wonder about the origin of the practice of saying "Bless you" when someone sneezes? I heard it came from the "black death" ages - one of the first symptoms of contracting the disease was a sneeze so when someone heard you sneeze, they said "God bless you and have mercy on your soul" (assuming you were soon to die). Strange we keep doing this to this day. Mr Q
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In about 5% of patients the drug clomipramine can cause inadvertant orgasms when yawning.
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According to disease modeller Robert Smith? [sic], a zombie apocalypse would result in the extinction of humanity within 10 days unless drastic impulsive eradication tactics are employed immediately.
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Oh, yes, then the toddler learns Chinese.
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American Clipper ships were three masted, square rigged sailing ships faster than early steam ships.
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Until the wind died or shifted.
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Clippers followed the reliable trade winds. If the winds shifted, they could always tack into it or across it.
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