Counting coup was the Plains Indians' practice of touching the enemy without doing physical harm and then retreating. This tactic demonstrated to the enemy that they could easily have been struck down and was a form of psychological warfare.
Today's Question:
Define "formication." (it's an "m" not an "n")
I do not know this one without looking it up though it sounds like it could mean sculpting or perhaps mitosis.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, September 3, 2011; http://www.nativeartstrading.com/Native-American-Indian-Coup-Sticks.htm; http://lonestar-retreat.com; http://www.figurines-sculpture.com/clay-sculpting.html; http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells3.html; http://youtu.be/VlN7K1-9QB0)
Compiled by Otto and Patricia Ladensack
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