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A bit of bad news. Most people by age 60 have lost 50 percent of their taste buds and over 40 percent of their sense of smell.
And some good news. The authorities today don’t seem to think this the cause of loss of taste as when this Omnibit was first published back in the 1980s.
An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it
There are four eyes on a dollar bill. Two belong to George Washington, there is that spooky one atop the pyramid, and one is on the eagle.
In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. Well, they really don’t climb them. They attach to the submerged roots and hang on while the tide goes out. They are called Mangrove oysters.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. Well, some say anyway. We think intelligent people don’t really believe this.
The youngest pope was 12 years old. Maybe. Sources differ. He was Pope Benedict IX and he wasn’t a very good pope.
Antarctica is the only continent without snakes. Or any reptiles for that matter.
Sultan Murad IV banned alcohol, tobacco and coffee in Constantinople. He would prowl the streets and taverns at night in civilian clothes and summarily execute any caught breaking this decree.
He is in the hall of fame of hypocrites as he was an habitual drinker himself and died young of alcoholism.
The first televised National Football League game was Oct. 22, 1939 between the Philadelphia Eagles and The Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
Yes Skyler, Hallmark makes cards for 105 different types of relationships.