In Biblical times a sandal was given as a sign of an oath.
***
Calluses and heel pain were the top shoe-related foot
ailments.
***
The best time to try on shoes is usually at the end of
the day, when your feet are most swollen.
***
Shoe Museum
The Bata Shoe Museum, located in Toronto, Canada, is the
only shoe museum in North America. The collection was com-
piled by Sonja Bata, of the Bata shoemaking family. The
museum features shoes and shoe-related artifacts spanning
4,500 years.
***
Smelly Feet
Baby feet exert a lot of energy, when standing and balanc-
ing. This causes baby feet to get very hot. Baby feet can
sweat up to twice the amount of adult feet.
***
Boney Feet
The foot consists of 26 bones ranging in size from half
the size of your little finger to half the size of your
fist. The bones are divided into 3 main groups: Toes
(phalanges) 14 tiny bones used for gripping Mid-foot
(metatarsus) 5 slender bones to absorb shock Rear-foot
(tarsus) 7 large bones to keep the foot stabilized.
***
The sun is 93 million miles away.
***
Sun's temperature is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the sur-
face and 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit at the center.
***
The Earth is about 13 thousand kilometers (8000 miles)
wide, whereas the Sun is roughly 1.4 million kilometers
(900,000 miles) across.
***
Save your skin
Look for a sunscreen that also protects against ultraviolet
(UVA) radiation, those rays that penetrate deeper into the
skin and are the reason for premature aging and wrinkling
of the skin.
***
I need to start using higher SPF
The Sun Protection Factor (SPF) displayed on the sunscreen
label ranges from 2 to as high as 50 and refers to the pro-
duct's ability to screen or block out the sun's harmful rays.
***
Sunblocks
Physical Sunscreens, most often referred to as sunblocks,
are products containing ingredients such a titanium dioxide
and zinc oxide which physically block ultraviolet radiation
(UVR).
***
Sixty thousand miles of vessels carry blood to every part
of your body.
***
Frogs never drink. They absorb water from their surround-
ings by osmosis.
***
In the eleventh century, Benedict IX was Pope at 11 years old.
***
What's in common?
"Cinderella" and "A Trip to the Moon" are movies - dating from
1900 and 1902, respectively - made by a French cinema pioneer
named Georges Melies (may-LEE'). These films contain the first
known use of slow-motion, dissolve, fade in and fade out.
***
They See You
A bird sees everything at once in total focus. Whereas
the human eye is globular and must adjust to varying dis-
tances, the bird's eye is flat and can take in every-
thing at once in a single glance.
***
I had NO idea!
Vellum, a fine-quality writing parchment, is prepared from
animal skin: lambs, kids, and very young calves. Coarser,
tougher types are made from the skins of male goats,
olves, and older calves. Vellum replaced papyrus and was
superseded by paper.
***
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not
to have a full moon.
***
All 17 children of Queen Anne died before she did.
***
Leonardo d Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the
other at the same time. (I can barely chew gum and walk at
the same time)
***
Is it an apple or an orange?
Michelangelo's cook was illiterate, so he drew her a shipping
list- which today is priceless.
***
The messenger needs to stop taking breaks...
On August 16, 1264, at precisely nine o'clock in the morning,
Inetta de Balsham was hanged. The king's messenger arrived a
few sedconds later with a reprieve. The hangman ran up the
stairs and cut the rope with a sword. The victim's face had
already turned blue, but she survived.
***
Thank you Monsieur...
The first dry cleaning was done in 1849 by Monsieur Jolly-
Bellin of France, who discovered the process by mistake when
he upset a lamp over a newly laundered table cloth and found
that the part that was covered with alcohol from the lamp was
cleaner than the rest.
***
Basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith. He set out
to invent a game to occupy students between the football and
baseball seasons.
***
The Terrapins with the largest comeback in Atlantic Coast
Conference tournament history, overcoming a 19-point halftime
deficit to beat No. 17 North Carolina State 85-82 on Saturday.
***
Illinois had the longest winning streak '05 season with 29
in a row.
***
Way to go Coach K!
April 6, 1992, Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
It was an NBA scout's dream, that final game of the 1992
basketball season. Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, Grant
Hill, Antonio Lang, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose.
Six of the ten starters had significant pro careers. Michigan's
Fab Five was not able to take that final step and become
national champs. As a result, Mike Krzyzewski picked up Duke's
second straight crown. Their first, in 1991, came when they beat
Kansas 72-65.
***
Air Jordan was born...
March 29, 1982, Superdome, New Orleans, LA
He was just a lowly freshman, and it was just a 16-foot jump
shot with 16 seconds to go, giving him 16 points for the game.
And nobody knew it, but that shot by Michael Jordan, which won
the national title for North Carolina as they defeated George-
town 63-62, was just the beginning of a legend.
***
Johnson vs. Bird
March 26, 1979, Special Events Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Never before had there been an NCAA Finals matchup like this.
Two future superstars matched so closely and acclaimed so
widely. Larry Bird of Indiana State and Earvin "Magic" Johnson
of Michigan State. This had TV marquee showdown written all
over it-the game gained for NBC the best ratings before or
since for an NCAA Finals game. Michigan State won the basket-
ball game 75-64 as Bird and Magic initiated what would be a
long rivalry.
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The Bata Shoe Museum!! 
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. . here is a nice, old shoe for u ~ Roman sandal 
