In old England, a butterfly use to be called a flutterby. Many old words were changed when people started to move to North America.
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In old England, a butterfly use to be called a flutterby. Many old words were changed when people started to move to North America.
What do Slash, Rick Nielsen, Dusty Hill, Matthew Sweet, Joey ramone, Lisa Loeb, Dave Mustaine, Roy Clarke, Johnny Lang and Joe Walsh have in common other than being musicians?
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A Berserk is a Norse warrior from Vinking times that attacked in a wild slashing, screaming manner. That is why when someone goes crazy, it is called going berserk.
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The Comstock Act, enacted in 1873 made it illegal by federal law to 'send obscene, lewd and/or lascivious' materials through the mail. The way the law was written, it was made to include any material regarding contraceptives. This not only included information, but the actual material itself!
The law in practicality banned condoms and other kinds of contraceptives. The law was in effect until 1936. This had some bad effects. For example, WWI, troops were sent abroad without condoms, which lead to more widespread STDs among troops. It wasn't until 1936, when an architect purposefully shipped a box of diaphragms from Japan with the intent to sue the government, that the law was finally repealed.
What does it mean if a man takes a pregnancy test and it shows positive?
Answer : It means it is detecting cancer.
There's a hormone called human chorionic gonadotrophin or hCG, which is produced by the developing embryo when women get pregnant. hCG helps control and regulate other development hormones. Because it appears so early into the pregnancy, it's used as an early indicator of pregnancy by over-the-counter pregnancy tests (the ones you pee on).
However, some types of cancer, including testicular cancer, also produce hCG. This means that if men pee on that same pregnancy stick, and test positive, it might be an indicator that they have developed testicular cancer!
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While filming Lorne Greens Wild Kingdom. An aligator snapped at him and bit off a nipple.
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