Saturday, October 26, 2013
Top 10 facts about girls
1. The King James Bible uses the words girl and girls only once each.
2. The first, in Joel 3:3, mentions a girl sold for wine; the second, Zecharaia 8:5, refers to “boys and girls playing in the streets”.
3. Studies have suggested that worldwide about 105-106 baby boys are born for every 100 girls.
4. The Synod of Auxerre, in AD 578, prohibited girls from singing in Christian churches.
5. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle believed that the womb was divided into two halves, one for boy babies the other for girls.
6. “Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.” (Johann von Goethe).
7. Until the 16th century, the word girl meant a child of either sex.
8. The earliest recorded use of the word girlfriend was in 1859: boyfriend dates back to 1822.
9. From 1753 until 1929, a girl in Britain could get married at the age of 12, with parental consent, but a boy had to be at least 14.
10. The world record number of girls in a Mini is 28 and the world record number in a Smart car is 16.
