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Strange But True: Cincinnati.Com's Strange News - Freetime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | From a Richmond, Va., reader: "Why is it that September, October, November and December are the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th months of the year when their etymological roots suggest they should be the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th? |
 | | With gazillions of staphylococci adding their fishy or wet-diaper aromas to gazillions of micrococci that break down sweat into the anti-floral, anti-social notes of smokestack sulphur, rotten eggs and Limburger cheese, is it any wonder that so many feet smell to high heaven? |
 | | Is the story true of patients undergoing surgery but the anesthetic wears off and they wake up in time to feel the scalpel sinking in, but for some reason they can't cry out to halt the procedure? |
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