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Words You Never Heard!

Mar 11, 2021

Women have been wearing lipstick for thousands of years. Even the ladies of ancient Rome wore lipstick, however much of the lipstick from the old days were made with toxic ingredients like lead for example.  (No wonder they didn’t live for very long back then.)

Today, lipsticks are safe and come in millions of shades...


Jul 25, 2019

 

Did you know sneezes sound different in other countries? While people in English-speaking countries tend to say “achoo”, French-speaking countries add an “m” to create an atchoum!  A sneeze in Germany sounds like hatschi and in Japan you’re more likely to hear hakshun!

Here are some sneezing facts not...


Jan 11, 2019

 

We use a lot of slang names for parts of the body, but many of these terms have very old origins.  A shnozz, another name for your nose, dates back to the 1940s. You may have heard some people refer to your mouth as a rattle-trap.  This term originated in the 18th century and is especially applicable to someone who...


Feb 23, 2018

Let me get right to the question: “Do you have an “innie or an outie”?  Yes, we’re talkin’ bellybuttons!” If you’re an outie you are definitely the minority, but that’s good news because you don’t have to worry about a little problem that people with innies have.

Bellybutton lint.  I know it’s...