Did you know these things had names?

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(Originally posted by Gigie Torrefiel of Cagayan de Oro City)

  1. The space between your eyebrows is called glabella.
  2. The way it smells after the rain is called petrichor.
  3. The plastic or metallic coating at the end of your shoelaces is called aglet.
  4. The rumbling of stomach is actually called a wamble.
  5. The cry of a newborn baby is called vagitus.
  6. The prongs on a fork are called tines.
  7. The sheen or light that you see when you close your eyes and press your hands on them is called phosphenes.
  8. The tiny plastic table placed in the middle of a pizza box is called box tent.
  9. The day after tomorrow is called overmorrow.
  10. Your tiny toe or finger is called minimus.
  11. The wired cage that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne is called an agraffe.
  12. The ‘na na na’ and ‘la la la’, which don’t really have any meaning in the lyrics of any song, are called vocables.
  13. When you combine an exclamation mark with a question mark (like this ?!), it is referred to as interrobang.
  14. The space between your nostrils is called columella nasi.
  15.  The armhole in clothes, where the sleeves are sewn, is called armscye.
  16.  The condition of finding it difficult to get out of bed in the morning is called dysania
  17.  Unreadable hand-writing is called griffonage.
  18.  The dot over an “i” of a “j” is called tittle.
  19.  That utterly sick feeling you get after eating or drinking too much is called crapulence.
  20.  The metallic device used to measure your feet at the shoe is called Bannock device.

House committees to hold hearings during break

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Spread the loveMANILA – The House of Representatives has authorized for its committees to conduct hearings during the five-week congressional break, extending until late April.

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