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Hello Monday and what a
lovely Monday it is nice and cool again after a string of stinking
hot days it is lovely. Anyway here are this weeks did you know
facts.'
Duffel
bags are named after the town of Duffel in Belgium where they were
first made.
During
the time of Peter the Great any Russian man who had a beard was
required to pay a special tax.
According
to scientists,gold exists on Mars, Mercury and Venus
Dr
James Barry qualified as a doctor, joined the army and rose to the
rank of Inspector-General it was only at the time of his death in
1865 that it was discovered that he was actually a woman..
When
Marie Antoinette became pregnant many of the fashionable women of
Paris took to wearing padding over their stomachs. As the queens
pregnancy advanced they wore thicker and thicker pads when the
Dauphin was born the women's fashioned all returned to their normal
dimensions.
GOOD GRIEF! Seriously? They were padding to emulate the Queen?
ReplyDeleteHow can the Scientists guess that there is gold there ya gotta wonder.
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The woman doctor--bravo!
ReplyDeleteWomen padding their stomachs to be pregnant with anybody famous is just weird-weird!
Interesting facts. The scientist did a good job in concealing her secret for so long!
ReplyDelete1- I did not know that!
ReplyDelete2- I DID know that- read a book on him some time back.
3- Might have known that, not sure.
4- Is that the one from Australia you did the piece on a while back?
5- Well, now that's just silly! Prolly kept them from the guillotine, though...
Katie.....Yeah weird about the padding, lone way to go for gold
ReplyDeleteRita.......Yes I thought so and weird indeeed
Nancy.......Yes I agree
Chris........I don't remember doing a post about him/her but may have