Week 24's Fact or Fiction

[Jangar]

The consumption of wild animals was banned in several Chinese provinces in the 1980s.

[sooibrand]

Guess fact

[penelope]

ditto sooibrand

[dudette]

I agree with Sooi and Penelope, but to even the odds I shall put fiction

[Jangar]

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.

[penelope]

fiction it's study of flags

[Jangar]

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.

[penelope]

I guess fact

[dudette]

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.

[Jangar]

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.