Victoria’s Read

~Studies show that women are attracted to men in blue

~When a man first approaches a woman, she will base 55% of her initial impression of him on his appearance and body language, 38% on his style of speaking and 7% on what he actually says.

~Research shows that men know they’re falling in love after just three dates but women don’t fall in love until date 14.

~Women often feel loved when talking face to face with their partner. Men, on the other hand, often feel emotionally close when they work, play or talk side by side.

~Passionate kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute. A Hershey’s kiss contains 26 calories which takes five minutes of walking or about four minutes of kissing to burn off.

~Kissing is good for teeth. The anticipation of a kiss increases the flow of saliva to the mouth, giving the teeth a plaque-dispersing bath.

~Kissing at the conclusion of a wedding ceremony can be traced to ancient Roman tradition where a kiss was used to sign a contract.

~“X”s at the end of a correspondence letter represent the contact of the lips during a kiss.

~Chrysanthemum plants have been shown to reduce indoor air pollution.

~Chrysanthemum is economically important as a natural source of insecticide.

~Extracts of Chrysanthemum plants have been shown to have a wide variety of potential medicinal properties.

~Chrysanthemum tea has many medicinal uses, including an aid in recovery from influenza.

A single red rose says: “I love you”
A single white rose says: “My feelings are pure”
A single yellow rose says: “You bring joy to my life” “Let’s be friends”
A single pink rose says: “I like you”
A single orange rose says: “I am proud of you”
A single peach rose says: “Thank you” “I sympathize with you”
A single lavender rose says: “I am enchanted by you”
A single blue rose says: “You seem like an unattainable dream”

-Women say that the part of a man’s body that they admire the most is his buttocks .

-Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all the same sex.

-Women talk to their cars more then men do

-Women buy 10 percent more movie tickets than men

-Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes

-Wedding rings are often placed on the third finger of the left hand because ancient Egyptians believed the vein in that hand (which the Romans called the “vein of love”) ran directly to the heart.

-Today, Japan leads the world in condom use. Like cosmetics, they’re sold door to door, by women.

-Kissing each day will keep the dentist away. Kissing encourages saliva to wash food from the teeth and lowers the level of the acid that causes decay, preventing plaque build-up.

-The Mescalero Apaches consider the female puberty ceremony a most important celebration in their tribe. Each year an eight-day event honors all girls who started their period that year. It begins with four days of feasting and dancing. Boy singers recount the tribe’s history with songs each night. A four-day private ceremony follows, in which the girls reflect on the changes in their bodies and their passage into womanhood.

-When a girl gets her first period in Sri Lanka, the exact time and day are noted. An astrologer is consulted who predicts many things about the girl’s future based on the time and the alignment of the stars. The family then prepares their house for a ritual bathing, in which the women of the family wash the girl’s hair and scrub her all over. She then puts on new white clothes from her underwear to her shoes. Printed invitations are sent for a party where gifts and money are presented to the girl.

-In parts of Malaya, the women keep harems of men

-Even though female lions killed the animal for dinner, the males get to eat first

-Female canaries cannot sing

-When a queen bee lays the fertilized eggs that will develop into new queens, only one of the newly laid queens actually survives. The first new queen that emerges from her cell destroys all other queens in their cells and, thereafter, reigns alone

-The Nootka Indians of the Pacific Northwest consider a girl’s first period a time to test her physical endurance. She is taken way out to sea and left there. She must then swim back to shore on her own, where she is greeted and cheered by the whole village.

-Among the Aborigines of Australia, a girl is treated to the tradition of “love magic” when she gets her first period. The women of the tribe sing and teach her about the female powers and the physical changes that mark womanhood.

-The Tiv tribe in Nigeria literally mark a girl at the time of her first period. Four lines are cut into her abdomen. The remaining scars represent her womanhood and are thought to make her more fertile.

-The circular saw was invented by Tabitha Babbit in 1812

-The car heater was invented by Margaret Wilcox in 1893

-The electric hot water heater was invented by Ida Forbes in 1917

-The engine muffler was invented by El Dorado Jones in 1917

-The life raft was invented by Maria Beaseley in  1882

-The street cleaning machine was invented by Florence Parpart in 1900

-The cooking stove was invented by Elizabeth Hawk in 1867