Top Items About Mothers

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TriviaA mother's stress may affect her child's sex

A boy or a girl? That is usually the first question asked when a woman gives birth. Remarkably, the answer varies with...

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AnecdotesGypsy Gita

Actress Louise Ashby once visited the famed masseuse Gypsy Gita (who once toured with the Rockettes and was often...

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AnecdotesHappy Family?

One day on the set of National Velvet (1943), Elizabeth Taylor, then just twelve years old, was required to cry on...

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TriviaMore stressful to raise a son?

"Sons are tough on their mothers. Whether it is heavier birth weights, amplified testosterone levels or simple,...

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AnecdotesTemptation

One day the medieval monk Caesarius of Heisterbach was amused to overhear a Cistercian lay brother praying: "Lord," the...

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AnecdotesJay Leno's mom stuck in a tub

"Four hours my mom`s in there.. `Help!`" -- Jay Leno, on insisting that his naked mother wait until his father returned...

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AnecdotesCaulbearer

The celebrity photographer Richard Avedon was born "behind the veil" with a caul - a mask-like veil which is...

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AnecdotesCalm Casals

"At his Viennese debut Casals suffered from nerves. When he came to pick up his bow to play the first note, he found that...

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AnecdotesHooky

One day a teenaged Jay Leno convinced his mother to let him play hooky. "Ok," she said, "but stay away from the...

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