-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
-During its lifetime an oyster changes its sex from male to female and back several times
-The two highest IQ’s ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women
-Miss Piggy’s measurements are 27-20-32
-Eight-year-old Chelsea Lannon received a patent in 1994 for her “pocket diaper,” a diaper that has a pocket that holds a baby wipe and baby powder puff. She got her idea while helping her mother with her baby brother—while she was still in kindergarten!
~In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband’s lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.
~The name Wendy was made up for the book “Peter Pan”. There was never a recorded Wendy before.
~At birth, a girl baby has about 400,000 immature eggs, or ova, in her ovaries.
~Diapers were invented by Maria Allen in 1887 and disposable diapers weren’t invented until 1951 by Marion Donovan.
Female dog bites are twice as numerous as male dog bites
Bad news on the lipstick front. Only 50% of our lipstick stays on our lips while the rest we end up accidentally eating.
Blondes have more hair. Redheads have the least.
Lazy Susans are named after Thomas Edison’s daughter. He invented it to impress a gathering of industrialists and inventors.
The black widow spider can devour as many as twenty ‘mates’ in a single day
The female brain is much more adept at reading subtle facial and verbal emotional expressions.
The female brain is nature’s default setting.
Forty percent of women say they have thrown a shoe at their significant other.
8 percent of women are left handed.
There are 34 men for every 100 women 65 and older.
If a husband and wife kiss before leaving for work for the day it increases their lifespan by 5 years.