Day 1,466: menopause

Little is known about how a woman’s stock of eggs is set before she is even born; or why they fade in number and quality until menopause, which among mammals is known to occur only in humans and five species of whale.

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Artwork of the day 
Anthropometries of the Blue Period
Yves Klein
Date: 1962
Style: Nouveau Réalisme
Series: Anthropométries
Genre: figurative

Word of the day 
menopause: the time in a woman's life when she gradually stops having periods (= blood flow from her uterus each month):

Quote of the day
“If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment," Murphy interrupted, "I will break your arm in eleven places.”
― Jim Butcher, Changes