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Did 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.

(, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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oh yeah another one
the (admittedly lame) insult 'you suck' was originally a nautical put-down...

if a boat (we're talking sailboats here) had a large wake behind it the water would 'suck' at the hull and slow the boat down... leading to 'your boat sucks / is sucking' being a kind of insult, which we then ended up using on each other...


crap i know. but true! honest!
(, Sun 20 Mar 2005, 3:11, Reply)

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