• Throughout most of history, the Italians used olive oil instead of soap to clean themselves. | • Human infant is, literally, born with an unfinished brain and central nervous system. The reason for this is that the larger, "finished" brain cannot fit through a woman's pelvis. |
• A human being's entire genetic material is virtually identical to a chimpanzee. About 98.6% to be exact. Actually, a surgeon can operate on a chimp and find EVERYTHING in the same place as a human. |
• Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an "improvement in telegraphy," on Valentine's Day, 1876.
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• The original representation of Cupid by the Greeks was that of a beautiful young boy whose naked form was considered to be the embodiment of sexual love. |
• During Victorian times, it was considered bad luck to sign a Valentine's Day card. |
• The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day. |
• Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentine's Day candy box in the late 1800s. |
• The two robbers crucified next to Jesus were named Dismas and Gestas. |
• The piece that protrudes from the top end of an umbrella is called a "ferrule." |