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Me too WildWoman...
I've always known that women are pregnant for 10 months, not 9 and wondered too why it's termed 9 months.
posted by
word.smith
on June 25, 2004 at 10:21 AM
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Yes Angie...
guess they maybe ran short of fuel and dried bones were the next best bet! One thing Egypt was not short of was Mummies.
posted by
word.smith
on June 25, 2004 at 10:19 AM
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wordsmythe
interestingly enough, 40 weeks gestation is considered a term pregnancy.....40 weeks is, like, 10 months! I've always wondered why they say 9 months
posted by
Wildwoman_Laloba
on June 25, 2004 at 8:20 AM
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Wierd about the mummies.
Was this instead of coal in a steam engine? Wierd! That had to smell really bad.
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on June 25, 2004 at 6:39 AM
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Thanks for reading!
posted by
word.smith
on June 24, 2004 at 12:24 PM
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I wouldn't exactly call this 'useless' trivia. But strange, yes.
posted by
Passionflower
on June 24, 2004 at 12:17 PM
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