A pea jacket is actually a "jacket jacket." The "pea" part of its name is from the Dutch word pij, which is a sailor's garment.
ablutophobia: fear of washing or bathing
alektorophobia: fear of chickens
barophobia: fear of gravity
Greece's national anthem has 158 verses
At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, an Englishman, had a tea concession. On a very hot day, none of the fairgoers were interested in drinking hot tea. Blechyden served the tea cold – and invented iced tea.
To help create her signature sexy walk, actress Marilyn Monroe sawed off part of the heel of one shoe.
If you were to rub garlic on the heel of your foot, it would be absorbed by the pores and eventually show up on your breath.
In 1841, Oberlin College in Ohio became the first U.S. College to award degrees to women.
The sound heard by a listener when holding a seashell to his ear does NOT come from the shell itself. It is the echo of the blood pulsing in the listeners own ear.
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