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Infant & Infantry both come from the Latin infans meaning "Not able to speak."

The guitar solo to the classic Beatles song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is played by Eric Clapton.

I was just reading in Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang, that it is unsual for Chinese people to have armpit odour.

When one of Mao's wives attempted to find her estranged son, she noted that his unusual distinguishing features were oily ears and slight armpit odour. Which was deemed unusual for a Chinese person.

the hum of motors and electricity is Bb...or A#.

In a deck of cards the names of the kings of spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs are David, Alexander, Caesar and Charles respectively.

cjh wrote:In a deck of cards the names of the kings of spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs are David, Alexander, Caesar and Charles respectively.

David Spade?

The most popular names for boys born last year in the UK were:

1. Jack
2. Joshua
3. Thomas
4. James
5. Daniel
6. Samuel
7. Oliver
8. William
9. Benjamin
10. Joseph

And for girls:

1. Emily
2. Ellie
3. Jessica
4. Sophie
5. Chloe
6. Lucy
7. Olivia
8. Charlotte
9. Katie
10. Megan

In the United States the most popular names were:


1. Jacob
2. Michael
3. Joshua
4. Matthew
5. Ethan
6. Andrew
7. Daniel
8. William
9. Joseph
10. Christopher

1. Emily
2. Emma
3. Madison
4. Olivia
5. Hannah
6. Abigail
7. Isabella
8. Ashley
9. Samantha
10. Elizabeth

And in both countries, John has fallen out of the top 100.

The walrus was Paul.

johnnyshape wrote:The most popular names for boys born last year in the UK were:

This is not a one-liner. This is FAR from a one-liner.

ironyengine wrote:

johnnyshape wrote:The most popular names for boys born last year in the UK were:

This is not a one-liner. This is FAR from a one-liner.

It's forty-one one liners in condensed form.
The first forty illustrate the impact of the last one.