Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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And anotherThe term "bless you" actually came from when England was ridden with baubonic plague. When somebody sneezed, they thought the either carried or caught the plague. Also, on a baubonic plague theme, the song "atissue, atissue, we all fall down" also corresponds to people sneezing....then dying.
All this from a 14 yearold :D
(, Sat 19 Mar 2005, 23:03, Reply)
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