Interesting things
p. An interesting fact I learned today, in the course of totally legitimate work-related research on laterality (or ‘handedness’*): true hermaphrodites always have a functional ovary on the left and a functional testis on the right. Also, in most men, the left testicle hangs lower than the right, despite being lighter. I don’t have a large enough sample size to personally confirm either of these facts, but I will be paying much closer attention in future.
p. These were the only interesting gleanings in a very long and dense paper, but it was almost worth it for them. This kind of information ought to be gold dust in pub quizzes.
p. *This is a somewhat misleading term. You can get handedness, beakedness, pawedness, eyedness and even whales tend to list slightly one side.
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but it is a myth that all polar bears are 'left-front-pawed', right? that 'fact' finds it way into my email inbox at least 3 times a year, along with that other disputable one: a duck's quack doesn't echo, and no-one knows why.----- I have no idea about polar bears (a quick search on Web of Science didn't bring anything up on laterality in polar bears), but it's entirely possible that most polar bears are left-pawed. It appears to be enshrined in Greenland heraldry anyway (http://www.ngw.nl/int/gre/groennat.htm ).
The duck's quack does echo (at least some of the time): http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html - there's nothing like empirical data!
by bsag @ 15/04/2003 12:04 pm • Permalink •
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...bet you can't find a word to rhyme with orange, though...
by Jann @ 15/04/2003 8:04 pm • Permalink •
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No. Rich Hall (as Otis Lee Crenshaw) has a very funny song partly depending on the 'nothing rhymes with orange' principle.
by bsag @ 15/04/2003 9:04 pm • Permalink •
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i'd never normally use this word in polite company, but what about 'minge'?
by dvd @ 16/04/2003 12:04 am • Permalink •
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cringe ?
Ginge ? as in short for ginger
The skin of Ginge Was Orange, A thought at which I cringe, But I wont mention the minge.
:D
by dave murphy @ 16/04/2003 5:04 pm • Permalink •
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Hay this website alright but, you need more reference and pictures with more info don't mean to be rude
by Josh @ 17/11/2003 2:12 pm • Permalink •
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