Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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Carrotsare orange because the Dutch did a lot of the experimentation with carrot breeding in the 16th c. This resulted in fantasticly productive plants with the carrots coming in a fetching patriotic orange colour. Carrots can come in a whole variety of colours, but the orange one just caught on early.
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Darth Mittens, Fri 18 Mar 2005, 22:23,
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