Trivia
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Moderate dancing burns 250 to 300 calories an hour.
Ballroom dancing burns even more - and I can vouch for that!
Ballroom dancing burns even more - and I can vouch for that!
When traveling in Jordan, the host may ask a visitor to stay for dinner. It is customary to refuse twice before accepting. Refuse seconds of any dish offered unless the host insists a couple of times, and even then accept only with a slight air of reluctance.
North American electric razors hum in the key of B flat. Razors in England, however, buzz in the key of G.
Until 1965, driving in Sweden was done on the left-hand side of the road. The conversion was done on a weekday at 5:00 p.m. This was supposed to prevent people from waking up in the morning and forgetting which side of the road to drive on.
If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
King George I of England could not speak English; he was born and raised in Germany. He let his ministers run the country to get around this problem.
great thread.
a woodpecker's tongue is 12-14 inches in length, of which only half comes out of the beak - the rest wraps around the skull from the bottom and ties into the skull behind the beak, doubling as a shock absorber
a woodpecker's tongue is 12-14 inches in length, of which only half comes out of the beak - the rest wraps around the skull from the bottom and ties into the skull behind the beak, doubling as a shock absorber
All of the following have been sold in vending machines: emu jerky, poached eggs, holy water, beetles and live shrimp.