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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The sides of a boat"port" and "starboard" are so-called for the following reason:
ye olde vikings used to operate the "steer-board" with their right hand, making the right side of the ship starboard through bastardisation. the other side, then called larboard for some stupid reason, was renamed "port" because starboard and larboard are too difficult to tell apart during a noisy storm.
(, Sun 20 Mar 2005, 19:37, Reply)
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