Fun Facts We Didn't Need To Know

[davros]

Not sure about that, sometime the dog lets one rip and trust me we wake up.

 

[TheLavenderBadger]

Not sure about that, sometime the dog lets one rip and trust me we wake up.

Perhaps the fun facts website lies....

 

[davros]

The skeletons of English archers were deformed from years of archery. The high poundage of war bows, coupled with years of training in their use from a young age, led to skeletons having over-developed shoulder and arm bones to compensate for the growth of muscle around those areas.

Smithsonian: They searched for clues to its origins by analyzing the etymology of Amazones, the Greek for Amazon. The most popular explanation claimed that Amazones was a derivation of a, “without,” and mazos, “breasts”; another explanation suggested ama-zoosai, meaning “living together,” or possibly ama-zoonais, “with girdles.” The idea that Amazons cut or cauterized their right breasts in order to have better bow control offered a kind of savage plausibility that appealed to the Greeks.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Some people are really committed to their archery, I guess. I'm just a mere amateur.

 

[otterblue]

Martin Luther King was born "Michael King". His name was changed by his dad after a trip to Germany, where he learned about Martin Luther.