Spanish colonists noted the use of the hammock by Native Americans, particularly in the West Indies, at the time of the Spanish conquest.[1] The word comes from a Taíno culture Arawakan word (Haiti) meaning "fish net". [wikipedia]
Elizabeth Semmelhack, curator for the Bata Shoe Museum, traces the high heel to male horse-riding warriors in the Middle East who used high heels for functionality, because they help hold the rider's foot in stirrups. [wikipedia]
Research published in a 2009 issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine demonstrates that about 53% of women and about 46% of men in the United States ages 18 to 60 have used a vibrator.
Autumn leaf colors are warning signals towards insects that use the trees as a host for the winter, for example aphids. [Hamilton, W. D.; Brown, S. P. (2001). "Autumn tree colours as a handicap signal"]
Snooker is played using a cue and 22 snooker balls: one white cue ball, 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colours: yellow (2 points), green (3), brown (4), blue (5), pink (6) and black (7). [Wikipedia]
To preserve the pretannin tea without requiring it all to be poured into cups, a second teapot may be used. The steeping pot is best unglazed earthenware [wikipedia]
The restraining device is apparently called a ‘scavenger’s daughter’ and was invented in the court of King Henry VIII. Rarely used historically, there is one genuine one known to exist that is still in the Tower of London. (xpost from /r/Bondage)
The word "Tennis" came into use in English in the mid-13th century from Old French, via the Anglo-Norman term "Tenez", which can be translated as "hold!" [wikipedia]
In France, there are esoteric wine label laws such as "Unless the wine is from a Premier Cru vineyard, the vineyard name must be printed in characters no more than half the height of the ones used for the village name" [wikipedia]
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