The working section of a piano is called the action.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Why is blue for boys and pink for girls?
In ancient times, it was believed that certain colours could combat
the evil spirits that lingered over nurseries. Because blue was
associated with the heavenly spirits, boys were clothed in that
colour, boys then being considered the most valuable resource to
parents. Although baby girls did not have a colour associated with
them, they were mostly clothed in black. It was only in the Middle
Ages when pink became associated with baby girls.
One that speaks two languages - is bilingual - can be said to be diglot.
Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes.
Shoemakers are commonly called cobblers but correctly speaking a
cobbler is a shoe repairmen. A shoemaker is a cordwainer - they also
made leather bottles and harnesses.
The device at the intersection of two railroad tracks to permit the
wheels and flanges on one track to cross or branch for the other is
called a frog.
> Dave Kunst was the first man to walk around the world. Starting in Waseca,
> Minnesota on 20 June 1970, he completed the journey in 4 years, 3 months and
> 16 days. He wore out 21 pairs of shoes in more than 20 million steps to
> cover 23,250 km (14,450 miles).He is know as the
> Earthwalker<
http://home.earthlink.net/~earthwalker1/>
>
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Bujan Stavileci
> <
dodona...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Did you know that
>> A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air
>> balloon. More than 200 years later, the quest to become the first to
>> circumnavigate earth in a hot air
>> balloon<
http://www.didyouknow.org/aroundtheworld/balloons.htm>grabbed the