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Ukraine
  • In Ukraine, a woman’s shirt/blouse is very important. Every woman was supposed to know how to make a shirt. Average women had around 15-20 shirts while well-to-do women had over 50 shirts
  • Traditionally in summer, unmarried Ukrainian women do not wear hats or bonnets and walk bare-headed, with their hair usually braided

Samoa
  • In Samoa, it is acceptable for a family who has too many sons, to raise the youngest boy as a daughter. He is known as a fa’afafine and is given a girl’s name and wears feminine clothing… and is even allowed to use the ladies bathroom

bikini
  • The modern bikini was actually invented by a male French engineer, of all people
  • The bikini was named after an Atomic bomb testing site at the Bikini Atoll

women
  • Women blink nearly twice as much as men
  • Women can hear better than men
  • On average, women say 7000 words a day. Men manage only a quiet 2000 words
  • Among many women inventions, include: the windshield wiper, the dishwasher, the Maritime signal flares, and the kevlar armor vest!

rabbit
  • Male feral rabbits urinate on the females to state their ownership
  • Female rabbits on the other hand, reabsorb their embryo for the proteins

polar bear
  • Polar bears are left handed (unsure)
  • The hair on a polar bear is not white, but clear. They reflect light, so they appear white
  • Pregnant polar bears will not eat for several months while resting in their dens under the snow. Thanx Tony W

pears
  • Pears ripen from the inside out, and according to a survey on the lifestyle channel, men prefer hard pears while women prefer soft pears

praying mantis
  • The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male’s head off
  • Is the only insect that can turn its head 360 degrees

hyena
  • Hyenas can comsume prey carrying anthrax without contracting the disease itself
  • The female spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) has a ‘penis’. Thanx Z Kirsch

donkey
  • The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ heads enables it to see all four feet at all times
  • A female donkey is called a Jennet or Jenny


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