Timing Your Wellness

In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word.

During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.

The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.

The tiny parasite Toxoplasma gondii can only breed sexually when in the guts of a cat. To this end, when it infects rats, it changes their behaviour to make them less scared of cats.

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

In the early 1900's, Lobster was considered the "cockroach of the ocean" and was synonymous with the poor - often eaten regularly by the homeless, slaves and prisoners. It wasn't until after World War II that lobster became considered a delicacy and a food associated with the aristocratic classes.