>"There are many dog parks in Vienna.
Men don't want to go to the doctor and so they die early on.
Women, instead of remarrying, get a dog."
.............................................................-Austrian Native
>Back in the 18th century, washing was thought to attract fleas. To prevent these buggers, in addition to bathing only several times in one's lifetime, women wore boxes under their dresses, that housed a mixture of blood and glue, in order to attract and trap fleas.
>Gargoyles, carved, stone figures with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, were named such because when it rains, the sound these statues emit resemble a gargle.
> The famous stance taken in numerous paintings during the Renaissance, in which the subject stood proudly with his arm in an "L" with a hand on the stomach was adopted from Napoleon. Unknown to most, however, Napoleon's aristocratic carriage was simply a comfortable position taken to palliate his stomach ulcer.
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