327- 10 Facts You Didn't Know (Probably)

Currently Reading: The Definite Book of Body Language by Allan and Barbara Pease



1. If a man is avoiding look at your breast, he'll make groping hand gestures...

2. We learn to shake our head no at infancy when we avoid taking more milk from our mother's breast.

3. The Palm Down is an authoritative motion. 

Nonverbal Domination

4. Don't say Cheese to take a picture. Your smile muscles will contract but not the ones around your eyes. You will come of as insincere and awkward. 



5. Men who say a woman has a good sense of humor are usually saying that those women find the man funny- not that he finds her funny.

6. If dealing with the Japanese, they bow when greeting. And they inspect your shoes while they do so. 

Nice Air Jordan's.

7. The V sign with palm facing inwards is an insult in England. It originated when archers in medieval England would be captured and would lose their two forefingers instead of their lives. When two armies met on the field, archers would goad the other army by displaying their intact fingers. 

8. People who display their thumbs in their pockets are usually displaying their high status clothes. 

That's now what you think it means...

9. When you lie, chemicals are released that cause your nose tissue to internally swell. This causes an itching sensation which you will scratch. It is known as the Pinocchio Effect.  

10.A penis also swells when a man lies...