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Week 24's Fact or Fiction - Jangar - 13-06-2005
The consumption of wild animals was banned in several Chinese provinces in the 1980s.
Week 24's Fact or Fiction - sooibrand - 13-06-2005
Guess fact
Week 24's Fact or Fiction - penelope - 13-06-2005
ditto sooibrand
Week 24's Fact or Fiction - dudette - 13-06-2005
I agree with Sooi and Penelope, but to even the odds I shall put fiction
Week 24's Fact or Fiction - Jangar - 14-06-2005
Sorry Dudette, you were out numbered so I get to do a :cheer:
Several provinces imposed a ban in 2003, after a global SARS outbreak was linked to the consumption of wild animals that are a delicacy in China. Guangdong, located in southern China, is believed to be the origin of the epidemic.
Vexillogy is the study of potions.
Week 24's Fact or Fiction - penelope - 14-06-2005
fiction it's study of flags
Week 24's Fact or Fiction - Jangar - 15-06-2005
penelope Wrote:fiction it's study of flags
:thumbs:
The name comes from the Latin word vexillum, referring to the Roman style of flag, which hangs out horizontally from a flagpole. Vexillologists not only study flags but seek to explain how flags play an important role in history and in modern life.
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
Week 24's Fact or Fiction - penelope - 15-06-2005
I guess fact
Week 24's Fact or Fiction - dudette - 15-06-2005
penelope Wrote:I guess fact
No I think that is fiction. Butyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth, if my memory serves me correctly.
Week 24's Fact or Fiction - Jangar - 16-06-2005
penelope Wrote:I guess fact
:thumbs:
The term arachibutyrophobia stem from the New Latin word Arachis, a genus of plants that includes the peanut. There are hundreds of random phobias, such as the fear of the colour white (leukophobia), dust (koniophobia) and beautiful women (venustraphobia), that often can be treated with behaviour threapy.
In South Africa, termites are eaten as a snack food.