Total Trivia

[desideratum]

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I had to have a doubletake at that word fard lol

During the 15th & 16th Centuries, looking pale and etheral "was in". Makeup was an almost ghostly white complexion that was ideal for both men and women. It was thought of as a way to distinguish the upper class from the peasants and laborers in the fields

Women began shaving their foreheads, plucked out all their eyelashes and eyebrows, and whitened their faces and cleavages, sometimes using ceruse.

To achieve that "upper class" pale look they often used egg whites, ground alabaster and clay. Venetian ceruse, also known as "spirits of Saturn", was a skin whitening cosmetic with a base of white lead. It was highly prized and widely used (by Queen Elizabeth I of England, among others), even though it was known that extensive use would cause lead poisoning, leading to severe sickness or even death.

shaving the forehead & eyebrows is not a good look imo! lol

 

[mickyp123]

kind of trivia, enjoy



The more beautiful the woman is who loves you, the easier it is to leave her with no hard feelings.
Nothing improves with age.
No matter how many times you've had it, if it's offered take it, because it'll never be quite the same again.
Sex has no calories..
Sex takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.
There is no remedy for sex but more sex.
Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.
No sex with anyone in the same office.
Sex is like snow; you never know how many inches you are going to get or how long it is going to last.
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
If you get them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
Virginity can be cured.
When a man's wife learns to understand him, she usually stops listening to him.
Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.
The qualities that most attract a woman to a man are usually the same ones she can't stand years later.
Sex is dirty only if it's done right..
It is always the wrong time of month..
The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
When the lights are out, all women are beautiful.
Sex is hereditary. If your parents never had it, chances are you won't either.
Sow your wild oats on Saturday night -- Then on Sunday pray for crop failure.
The younger the better.
The game of love is never called off on account of darkness.
It was not the apple on the tree but the pair on the ground that caused the trouble in the garden.
Sex discriminates against the shy and the ugly.
Before you find your handsome prince, you've got to kiss a lot of frogs.
There may be some things better than sex, and some things worse than sex. But there is nothing exactly like it.
Love your neighbor, but don't get caught.
Love is a hole in the heart.
If the effort that went in research on the female bosom had gone into our space program, we would now be running hot-dog stands on the moon.
Love is a matter of chemistry, sex is a matter of physics.
Do it only with the best.
Sex is a three-letter word which needs some old-fashioned four-letter words to convey its full meaning..
One good turn gets most of the blankets.
You cannot produce a baby in one month by impregnating nine women.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.... .unless in the mood.
Never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you.
Abstain from wine, women, and song; mostly song.
Never argue with a women when she's tired -- or rested.
A woman never forgets the men she could have had; a man, the women he couldn't.
What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick.
It is better to be looked over than overlooked.
Never say no.
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he doesn't love her.
Folks playing leapfrog must complete all jumps.
Beauty is skin deep; ugly goes right to the bone.
Never stand between a fire hydrant and a dog.
A man is only a man, but a good bicycle is a ride.
Love comes in spurts.
The world does not revolve on an axis.
Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation; the other eight are unimportant.
Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.
Don't do it if you can't keep it up.
There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love.
Never go to bed mad, stay up and fight.
Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.
"This won't hurt, I promise."
Alcohol does not solve your problems, but then ..neither does Milk

 

[rocktober2]

More Americans lose their virginity in June than in any other month (must be all those weddings and prom nights).

Not me, no one wanted to date me in high school.... i think. lol I lost mine in the month of september.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

An average woman, over sixty years, can absorb into her bloodstream, thirty pounds of ingredients in moisturizers.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

One myth to bust: you may have heard that specific moisturizing ingredients such as cocoa butter, vitamin E, or other various plant oils can prevent or reduce the appearance of stretch marks. As soothing and moisturizing as these ingredients are, they have no impact on how stretch marks are formed.
Stretch marks are not caused because skin is dry or needs a special supplement. Rather stretch marks develop far below the skin's surface due to extreme strain, stress, and trauma that eventually breaks down the skin's support structure. No moisturizer in the world can prevent that kind of injury and damage to the skin from taking place.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The name of the Pilgrim's second ship that was to accompany the Mayflower to the New World was the Speedwell. It had to turn back because it wasn't seaworthy.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A bushel of apples weighs about 42 pounds.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The Apollo II crew declared "moon walk and moon dust samples" on their U.S. Customs form upon their return from the moon on July 20, 1969.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A pea jacket is actually a "jacket jacket." The "pea" part of its name is from the Dutch word pij, which is a sailor's garment.

 

[smotherman]

The man is the most likely partner to be tied up during sex.

 

[smotherman]

Amount of time needed for a man to regain erection: from 2 minutes to 2 weeks.

 

[smotherman]

Australian women have sex on the first date more than women the same age in the USA and Canada.

 

[fire_breeze]

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

 

[fire_breeze]

The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead".

 

[fire_breeze]

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

So... who's going to try it?

 

[fire_breeze]

The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."

Oh la la...

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

In Russia it is a criminal offense to drive a dirty vehicle.

Oh dear, looks like I'm for the gulag

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Benito Mussolini was named after the Mexican revolutionary and liberal statesman Benito Juarez.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Thinking that its parents were a camel and a leopard, the Europeans once called the animal a "camelopard." Today, it is called the giraffe.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Bull giraffes forage higher in trees than cow giraffes which reduces food competition between the sexes.
Long-legged giraffes walk with the limbs on one side of the body lifted at the same time. This gait is called a pace and allows a longer stride which saves steps and energy.

 

[fire_breeze]

Hawaii has the only royal palace in the United States - Iolani.

Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.

 

[fire_breeze]

The bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court.

 

[fire_breeze]

Zsa Zsa Gabor was the first - and only - recipient of a Golden Globe Award for "Most Glamorous Actress." She won the peculiar award in 1958. The category was deleted thereafter.

 

[fathom7]

The sperm whale is the largest carnivore on the planet. Yet it has a throat about four inches in diameter -- no more.

 

[Daizie]

Tea for 2....

There are many names for different teas, but there are really only three different kinds of tea. Black tea, the kind we usually drink in America, is fermented and roasted before it's packaged.

Green tea, enjoyed by the Japanese, is steamed but not roasted, and it's not fermented. A third kind of tea, oolong tea, is partially fermented, then roasted to give it greenish-brown color.

Terms such as orange pekoe and souchong don't refer to different kinds of tea, but to the size and appearance of the leaves that are used to make that tea. Orange pekoe, for instance, is made from the buds and the finest leaves of the tea plant. Souchong is made from smaller pieces of tea leaves.

There are more than 2,000 different blends of tea!