I just found a very interesting map of Europe delineating countries by age of sexual consent.
The day I first heard the etymology of the word ’sincere’ I thought I had just acquired one of the most valuable nuggets of trivia. The origin of the word involved Roman sculptors who corrected imperfections in their work by filling them with wax ‘cera’. A statue with no wax would be ‘without wax’ or [...]
I’ve just been invited to be a baptismal godfather to my friend’s daughter. At first I felt honored and privileged. Then I realized what was going on…I was selected by elimination! According to the Church, a godparent must meet the following criteria:
A child must have one practicing Roman Catholic godparent in good standing with the [...]
A friend sent me an email with this series of pictures. I don’ t know who the author is but I had to share it. No explanation is needed.
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I love expanding my vocabulary by watching Seinfeld. There are always new and interesting words to learn. Take this dialog where George feels the waitress was making fun of him.
George: Did you see the way she pointed at the check? She gave me the finger.
Jerry: That’s how waitress types express derision. They don’t want [...]
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After reading about a 10.5 ounce baby born in Germany I decided to find out what the extremes for babies is since neither this baby nor the 17 lb baby born in Russia set any world records. So here it is:
The lightest (tiniest) baby ever born: Rumaisa Rahman weighed just 8.6 ounces when she was [...]
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I had never heard the expression ‘canary in a coal mine’ until this morning while listening to the radio. I looked it up and thought I’d share what I learned in case you had never heard it either.
Back in the day, coal mines had no ventilation and toxic gases could build up. Canaries are very [...]