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Some people believe the wedding ring actually started as a bracelet that was placed on women who were captured in primitive times. With time the circular bracelet on the arm or leg, which indicated that she was the property of one man in the tribe, was changed to a ring on the finger. Primitive man believed in magic also. He used to weave a cord and tie it around the waist of the woman he wanted. He believed that with this ceremony her spirit entered his body and she was his forever. The wedding ring may have started this way. Egyptians were the first people to actually use wedding rings in marriage. In hieroglyphics, which is Egyptian picture writing, a circle stands for eternity, and wedding ring was symbol of marriage that would last forever. Christians began to use a ring in marriage around the year 900. The ring is worn in the fourth finger of left hand as we use this finger least of all the fingers and it's more convenient to use ornament on it! TRIVIA PATROL
»Swedish doctor Nils Olof Jacobson, after conducting tests on corpses, concluded that the human soul weighed 20 grams! »It takes a larger portion of the brain to control the movements of the thumb than to control the chest and the abdomen. »Most parrots are left-footed, while most apes are right-handed. »The Grand Canyon could hold the entire population of the world! »In Benalmadena, Spain, young traffic offenders can choose to read a book instead of paying a fine! »Alfred Mosher Butts of Poughkeepsie, New York, the inventor of "scrabble," originally called it "lexico"! »The 3M Company manufactures enough scotch tape every day to circle the Earth three times! »"B-9," an iceberg that broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in 1987, measured 96 miles long, 22 miles wide, 750 feet deep and contained 287 cubic miles of fresh water-enough for every person on Earth to drink two glasses a day for 1,977 years! » "Just Around the Corner," a restaurant in London does not list any prices on its menu! Customers pay whatever they think a meal is worth! »The average person eats 66,133 lbs. of food in a lifetime-equal to the weight of six elephants. » Black snow fell over France on December 6, 1926! »The first belch ever heard on radio was made by Melvin H. Purvis, head of the Chicago FBI unit! (1935) »A clock that loses 30 minutes a day will show the right time every 24 days but a clock that loses 1000th of a second everyday will be right only once every 118,275 years! »25 Empire State Buildings stacked vertically could fit into the 38,827-foot-deep Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean! »Melting ice caused a giant forest fire near Rossberg Peak, Switzerland! (1886) »A company in Melbourne, Australia, sells real estate on the Planet Mars with property prices ranging from $6.50 to $30! »Researchers have discovered grains of 1,000-year-old popcorn in tombs in Eastern Peru that are so well preserved they will still pop! »The world's youngest parents were from China. They were 8 and 9 years old in 1910. »A fluorescent light consumes more energy when it is switched on and off for short periods that when it is left on the whole time. »One pencil contains enough graphite to write 40,000 words! »A one-inch graphite line holds 100 million atoms! »The Great Wall of China contains enough soil, bricks and stones to build an 8-foot high by 3-foot thick wall completely around the Earth's equator. »In February 1866 there was no full moon-an occurrence that will not take place for another 2.5 million years! »People lose about 4.5 lbs. of hair and skin every year! »A person breathes in enough air every day to fill 1,000 party balloons!
What was the first country to accept the kiss in courtship and love? The kiss is a form of expressing affection. But long before it became this, it was the custom in many parts of the world to use kiss as an expression of homage. In many African tribes, people kiss the ground over which a chief has walked. Kissing the hand and foot has been a mark of respect and homage from the earliest times. The early Romans kissed the mouth or eyes to express dignified greeting. Perhaps, the kiss as a form of affection goes back to primitive times when a mother would fondle her child, just as a mother does today. It only remained for society to accept this as a custom for expressing affection between adults. There is evidence that this was already there by the time of sixth century, but we can assume that it was practiced long before that. The first country to accept the kiss in courtship and love was France. When dancing became popular, almost every time it ended with a kiss. From France the kiss spread rapidly over Europe. In Russia, it was adopted through all the upper classes. A kiss from the Tsar became one of the highest forms of recognition from the Crown. In time, the kiss became a part of courtship. As marriage customs developed, the kiss became a part of the wedding ceremony. Today, we regard the kiss as an expression of love and tenderness. But there are still many places in the world where the kiss is a part of formal ceremonies and is intended to convey respect and homage. AWARE KA BA? Dosha, kapha, vata, pitta… strange new words find a place in updated Oxford English Dictionary London (AP)-Hot-link, karoshi, pitta, riot grrrl… not some strange new language, just some of the hundreds of new words to make it into the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary Online. The latest quarterly update to the Internet version of the famous authority on the English language reflects many facets of life in the 21st century. One telling new additions is the Japanese word "karoshi," meaning "death brought on by overwork or job-related exhaustion"-a reflection of the strains imposed by Japan's strong work ethic. The antidote to that may lie in another new entry, "Ayurveda," the alternate therapy from the Orient that includes vegetarian eating, light exercise, holistic medicine and deep tissue massages. For a fee, OED Online subscribers can also look up a range of high-technology terms; everything from "ethernet" to "hot-link," a.k.a. "spicy sausage," defined as "a link between documents or applications which enables data from one source to be incorporated into another." High street, the British term for downtown, has also been incorporated, meaning "popular or mainstream." And there's "feeding frenzy," "decaf" (for tea or coffee stripped of its caffeine), as well as "haircare" and "frizzy." "Girl power" is another new entry, defined as "a self-reliant attitude among girls and young women manifested in ambition, assertiveness and individualism." There's also her relative, "riot girl" or "grrrl," a more militant creature defined as belonging to "a movement expressing feminist resistance to male domination in society." Ever heard of "comper"? That, according to the OED Online, is "a person who habitually enters competitions in order to win as many prizes as possible." And if it all proves too much, there is always the nearest "microbrewery," defined as "a brewery which produces limited quantities of beer, often for consumption locally or on its own premises." It's one of a series of new technical and scientific term sin the dictionary prefixed with micro- or meta-. The latest OED Online also has a new search engine, making it possible to track down related entries, such as all the words of Japanese origin which entered the language in the 16th century. More than 10,000 entries have been added to the site since its launch in March 2000, the publisher said. QUIZ TRIP Answer the following questions.. 1. Singapore's name comes from singa and pura, which means __________. 2. What famous American landmark is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? 3. What South American country has a name which means "land of silver?" 4. What Philippine landmark is located in Number 1, Rizal Park, Manila? 5. On what country is Euro Disney located? 6. What Philippine institution is located 14 km north of Rizal Park, Manila? 7. The Malacańang Palace was sold to the government by its original owner by what amount? 8. What is the only country with a five-sided national flag? 9. What state of the United States has a bear on its state flag? 10. Jesus Christ has a graveyard on what East Asian country? ANSWERS Trivia Trip is a division of Centro Rojo Infohub (CRIH). It offers a variety of information, particularly the unbelievable facts. Certified Centro Rojo Amazing Info. Copyright © Centro Rojo Information Hub. All rights reserved. |
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