Handsaws fall into two main categories, rip saws are designed for cutting along the grain of the wood, and crosscut saws are designed to cut across the grain of the wood [Wikipedia]
a 2008 survey by Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion, published by TIME magazine,which polled 1700 respondents, found that 55% of Americans,including 1in 5 of those who say they are not religious,believe that they have been protected by
Professional carwashing is a "non-point source" of discharge that has the ability to capture these contaminants, normally in interceptor drains, so the contaminants can be removed before the water enters sanitary systems.
Corporal punishment, usually delivered with an implement rather than with the open hand, used to be a common form of school discipline in many countries, but it is now banned in most of the western world and in Japan, Canada, India, New Zealand and South
Thermographic cameras detect radiation in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum (roughly 9,000–14,000 nanometers or 9–14 µm) and produce images of that radiation, called thermograms. [wikipedia]
The origins of the 15, 30, and 40 scores in tennis are believed to be medieval French. It is possible that a clock face was used on court, with a quarter move of the hand to indicate a score of 15, 30, and 45. When the hand moved to 60, the game was over.
In his mid 30s, Marquis Mills Converse, who was previously a respected manager at a footwear manufacturing firm, opened the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in February 1908. [Wikipedia]
Dogs cool themselves primarily by the process of panting and breathing, with the moist lining of their lungs serving as the evaporative surface. [http://www.petplace.com/article/dogs/behavior-training/understanding-your-dog/how-do-dogs-sweat ]
The gluteus maximus (also known as glutæus maximus or, collectively with the gluteus medius and minimus, the glutes) is the largest and most superficial of the three gluteal muscles. It makes up a large portion of the shape and appearance of the buttocks.
Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific muscle or tendon (or muscle group) is deliberately flexed or stretched in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and achieve comfortable muscle tone.
Kigurumi (着ぐるみ) is used to describe full-body hooded animal pajamas, sometimes called "disguise pajamas" or onesies, the clothing is normally worn non-commercially as Japanese street fashion or as sleepwear, and is not intended to function as a performanc
The word green comes from the Middle English and Old English word grene, which, like the German word grün, has the same root as the words grass and grow.
According to the Turfgrass Extension and Outreach program at UIUC, every mowing should remove one third of the grass blade's height. [http://what-if.xkcd.com/70/]
After initial injection, pigment is dispersed throughout a damaged layer down through the epidermis and upper dermis, in both of which the presence of foreign material activates the immune system's phagocytes to engulf the pigment particles. [wikipedia]
Spanish colonists noted the use of the hammock by Native Americans, particularly in the West Indies, at the time of the Spanish conquest.[1] The word comes from a Taíno culture Arawakan word (Haiti) meaning "fish net". [wikipedia]
Christa Winsloe's novel Maedchen in Uniform was first filmed in Germany in 1933. The story, about a sensitive schoolgirl's lesbian attachment to her headmistress, was handled tastefully, albeit with remarkable frankness for its period. [rottentomatoes]
Elizabeth Semmelhack, curator for the Bata Shoe Museum, traces the high heel to male horse-riding warriors in the Middle East who used high heels for functionality, because they help hold the rider's foot in stirrups. [wikipedia]
The wax in a lava lamp used to contain carbon tetrachloride to help it sink in water, however carbon tet was banned in the U.S. in 1970 and the new compound has been kept a trade secret.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are a milk chocolate cup confection made of chocolate-coated peanut butter marketed by The Hershey Company. They were created in 1928 by H. B. Reese, a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey. [Wikipedia]
Softporn Adventure is an Apple II adult game released in 1981 by Sierra On-Line. Its cover features three nude women: Diane Siegel,On-Line's production manager; Susan Davis, the bookkeeper & wife of Bob Davis (creator of Ulysses& the Golden Fleece
Research published in a 2009 issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine demonstrates that about 53% of women and about 46% of men in the United States ages 18 to 60 have used a vibrator.
[she] can actually feel her cervix with her finger-if she slides her middle finger back along her vagina as far as possible, she will probably feel something like the tip of her nose with a small dimple in the middle. [http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/curio
Stockings have a drawback in colder weather, because more skin is exposed to the cold compared to pantyhose. Also, pantyhose does not require garters and garter belts, does not need to be adjusted as much, and leaves a smoother line under form-fitting clo
Autumn leaf colors are warning signals towards insects that use the trees as a host for the winter, for example aphids. [Hamilton, W. D.; Brown, S. P. (2001). "Autumn tree colours as a handicap signal"]
A medical study found that women who gave their men oral sex and swallowed had a lower risk of preeclampsia, the dangerously high blood pressure that sometimes accompanies pregnancy. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10706945 ]
