Hooray, a retro episode *relatively* low in shame! And high in good questions: why do we throw rice at weddings? Who invented a stretch limo, and more importantly, why? Is it worth joining MENSA? Why oh why is there kidney fat in desserts?? This episode originally appeared at answermethispodcast.com/episode129 on 1 April 2010. Want to complete your AMT collection? Episodes 1-200 are available from http://answermethisstore.com.  There'll be an all-new episode of AMT on the first Thursday of the month. Send us questions to answer: email written words or voice memos to [email protected]. Tweet us http://twitter.com/helenandolly Facebook http://facebook.com/answermethis Subscribe on Apple Podcasts http://iTunes.com/AnswerMeThis Hear Helen Zaltzman's podcast The Allusionist at http://theallusionist.org, Olly Mann's The Modern Mann at http://modernmann.co.uk, and Martin Austwick's Song By Song at http://songbysongpodcast.com. This episode is sponsored by Squarespace. Want to build a website? Go to http://squarespace.com/answer, and get a 10% discount on your first purchase of a website or domain with the code 'answer'.