From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/11/science/11KHAN.html
http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,906044,00.html
"Genghis Khan, super-stud: One in every 200 men alive today is a relative of Genghis Khan. "One thirteenth century Persian historian claimed that within a century of Khan's birth, his enthusiastic mating habits had created a lineage of more than 20,000 individuals,"
-- William T Goodall
Those are fascinating statistics. I'm taking these to my students tomorrow, and I'm emailing a copy to my Science Dept. colleagues.
Speaking of which, I've felt an uncontrollable urge to pillage and plunder unsuspecting tribes in Central Asia with a horde of mongols every now and then. I wonder...
Can't say I ever had that urge. However, Sonja and I do enjoy eating at our local Mongolian restaurant named after said warrior.
Although, at the risk of getting flamed by American Brinellers...
The last visit was a little bit less enjoyable, as we were sitting next to a group of eight Americans (seven males, one female) who were rather loud (among other things, without even trying we could easily follow the extensive description of the woman's love/sex life).
And I will not even repeat the extremely rude comment one of the guys made to the other guys when he saw Sonja approaching their table, on her way back to our table...
Jeroen "How rude!" van Baardwijk
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