Trivia and Amazing Facts 27-10-08

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• CAN ANY CREATURES BESIDES HUMANS GET A SUNBURN? Only pigs have humans' intolerance of the sun.

• The French phrase jeunesse dorée, which refers to wealthy, stylish, sophisticated people, translates literally to "gilded youth."

• The little-used adjective "tabescent" means to waste or wither away.

• Something that is without teeth can be said to be "edentulous".

• The pet ferret (Mustela putorias furo) was domesticated more than 500 years before the house cat.

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