Idiom of the Day
jumping-off place/point
the starting place of a long trip, the start of something
We gathered early in the morning at the jumping-off place for our hike in the mountains.
Fact
Men are a lot more streamlined than women for swimming, because the female's mamaries create a lot of drag. Enough, in fact, that racing suits have been developed with tiny pegs above the breasts to cause disturbance, which decreases the drag.
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