Word Wonders
The word "taxi" is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish and Portuguese.
Back Then
In 1843, bathing between Nov. 1 and March 15 was outlawed in Philadelphia as a health measure.
Still on the Books
It is illegal to plow a field in North Carolina with an elephant.
Point Of Origin
Q-tips, first called Baby Gays, were invented by Polish-American Leo Gerstenzang in 1923 after he saw his wife wrapping a piece of cotton on the end of a toothpick.
Quotable
by Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician
"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity."
In Other Worlds
In China, the dark shadows forming a figure on the surface of the full moon are known as "the toad in the moon."
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