Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is believed to be the oldest sex manual in existence The word 'impeccable' comes from the Latin 'pecar', to sin. So, something that was pure or untouched became impeccable. In Spanish, the word for freckles is 'pecas', or little sins.
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The haiku form was established in Japan as a way of
protesting the changes an Emperor made to a court poet's work to change its meaning. The edited version had the five-seven-five syllable pattern, which the poet never deviated from in future.
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Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is believed to be the oldest sex manual in existence. The book is thought to have been written around 300 A D. "Kama Sutra" is Sanskrit for "Aphorisms of Love." The Kama Sutra describes the practices, rituals, and lore of the erotic ( kama ) in human relations
and believes sexuality is an integral part of human
existence.
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The name of our galaxy, the Milky Way, comes from the ancient Greeks and their belief that it was made from drops of milk from the breasts of either the goddess Hera or the goddess Rhea. According to one legend, while Heracles was suckling from Hera, she realized that the infant was the illegitimate son of Zeus and another woman, and pushed him
away. The spurting milk formed the Milky Way.
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Everybody has seen the tall strange chef's hat that balloons at the top. But what is the reason for this unusual shape? Well, its basic purpose is to counteract the intense heat in the kitchen. The hat is shaped like this not just to look cool, but also to allow air to circulate around the chef's scalp and thus to keep his or her head from over-
heating.
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About one in twenty persons is born under the sign of this mystical constellation, but few of them know it. The constellation is called Ophiuchus, which means "he who holds the serpent". The Sun is in it from November 30 to December 17 and so if you are born between those dates you are not
actually a Sagittarius but rather Ophiuchus. However,
Ophiuchus is not part of the Western astrological zodiac, because the Sun doesn't spend the same amount of time, as it does in the other 12 constellations. - Asked by oldman52, A Mr. Nice Guy, Male, 56-65, Sydney, Retired | 