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Learning English for Fun (8) Little Known Facts Did You Know In George Washingtons days, there were no cameras. Ones image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms.  Little Known Facts Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are limbs, therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the expression. Okay, but itll cost you an arm and a leg. Little Known Facts As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year! (May and October) Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice（虱子） and bugs) and wore wigs（假发）. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. Little Known Facts The wigs couldn‘t be washed, so to clean them they could carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell, and bake it for 30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big and fluffy（蓬松的）, hence the term big wig. Today we often use the term here comes the Big Wig because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy. Little Known Facts In the late 1700s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board was folded down from the wall and used for dining. The “head of the household” always sat in the chair while everyone else ate sitting on the floor. Once in a while, a guest (who was almost always a man) would be invited to sit in this chair during a meal. Little Known Facts To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge. Sitting in the chair, one was called the chair man. Today in business we use the expression or title Chairman or Chairman of the Board, Little Known Facts Needless to say, personal hygiene（个人卫生） left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne（痤疮） scars by adulthood.The women would spread bee’s wax o