Interesting Facts

The bikini (a two piece swimming suit) was named after Bikini Atoll in the Marshall islands. (Bikini Atoll is where the United States detonated an atomic bomb in 1946. The bikini was so named because of the ‘explosive’ effect the garment was expected to have. Of course, people were scandalised by this, forgetting that the Romans had been sporting this fashion item in about 286 AD.)

According to Ray Laurence, the author of Roman Passions: A History of Pleasure in Imperial Rome, the top 10 passions of Ancient Romans were the following:- Binge Drinking Getting Naked Grand Designs Older Women Younger Men Singing and Dancing Violence Collecting Things Food Pleasure (Well - I can add most of those to my "favourite things".  Just tone down numbers 1 and 2 a bit and get rid of number 7.)