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I never knew Israel bordered Egypt. I always heard Egypt mentioned in scripture but never realized they were neighboring countries.
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A radio station in Hawaii blew this jam up off Napster lol
MetalMario
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In my line of accounting work I come across a lot of names. the first name FNU stands for First Name Unknown meaning they don’t have a first name or better yet they don’t have a last name and their last name is their real name.
This happens when someone is from a super rural part of the world and simply go by one name. They come to a westernised part of the world and expected to fill a surname portion when they don’t even understand the concept.
eg drivers license
First name: FNU
Last name: Marlo
Dad n mom aren’t kin nor lineage to me. My name is my name
This happens when someone is from a super rural part of the world and simply go by one name. They come to a westernised part of the world and expected to fill a surname portion when they don’t even understand the concept.
eg drivers license
First name: FNU
Last name: Marlo
Dad n mom aren’t kin nor lineage to me. My name is my name
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AMBIEN the sleeping drug name comes from
A.M. - morning
BIEN - good (spanish)
translates into good morning
A.M. - morning
BIEN - good (spanish)
translates into good morning
kdawg
Staff member
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Faster than excel? Why are they printing out lists of numbers from a spreadsheet then adding them up? I mean, it's impressive, but I don't get the point.
Nike Jordan
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Like McLovin?
Bend_The_Knee
formerly gotholesinmysocks
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Is it true that Julius Caesar allegedly ended a revolt of his soldiers by saying one word?
Yes.
It's reported in several sources: Plutarch, Lucan, Appian.
Allegedly, 30,000 Roman troops, starting with the Tenth legion, were about to revolt over not getting paid.
Caesar walked up to them and simply said ONE FREAKING WORD (for starters):
“Quirites”
Translation?
"Citizens"
What he was saying with that one word was, “Hey guys, since you don’t want to be my soldiers anymore, that’s totally cool; then, I will greet you as Roman Citizens instead”.
He got their attention there!
The soldiers all started banging their shields and saying, "No, Caesar, we are still your soldiers!" They felt such shame for even thinking about revolting that they immediately changed their minds.
Yes.
It's reported in several sources: Plutarch, Lucan, Appian.
Allegedly, 30,000 Roman troops, starting with the Tenth legion, were about to revolt over not getting paid.
Caesar walked up to them and simply said ONE FREAKING WORD (for starters):
“Quirites”
Translation?
"Citizens"
What he was saying with that one word was, “Hey guys, since you don’t want to be my soldiers anymore, that’s totally cool; then, I will greet you as Roman Citizens instead”.
He got their attention there!
The soldiers all started banging their shields and saying, "No, Caesar, we are still your soldiers!" They felt such shame for even thinking about revolting that they immediately changed their minds.
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- the 2 parts of the word helicopter are not "heli" and "copter"
It's "helico" meaning spiral, and "pter" meaning one with wings, like a pterodactyl
- in Elizabethan England, "nothing" was slang for female genitalia.
"Much ado about nothing" is a double entendre
- the syllables in " on your mark, get set, go" are a countdown
These 2 are brothers
It's "helico" meaning spiral, and "pter" meaning one with wings, like a pterodactyl
- in Elizabethan England, "nothing" was slang for female genitalia.
"Much ado about nothing" is a double entendre
- the syllables in " on your mark, get set, go" are a countdown
These 2 are brothers
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Nike Jordan
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Rotten Tomatoes is 75% owned by NBCUniversal and 25% owned by WarnerMedia.
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iDon’tRead
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Arkansas has decent size cities that look livable , drove through bentonville and Fayetteville area and they look more modern than I would’ve thought
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MetalMario
formerly m4riol
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everything has a reason.
pull apart
pull apart
cs02132
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Never knew “Greek yogurt” isn’t actually a thing and the guy who started Chobani and popularized it is actually Turkish and thats Turkish style yogurt
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Got a spinnng globe for Christmas one yr. still my fave present ever..
MetalMario
formerly m4riol
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Iceland only has about 330k citizens. And those young people on the dating market might have a tough time since they’ve had little immigration over centuries. So they made a dating app to make sure whoever you meet up isn’t related to you. Pretty good use of genealogy they’ve archived for centuries
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Golden Retrievers are Scottish? Wow.
And of course, Australian shepherds are..American. So why are they called...nvm
And of course, Australian shepherds are..American. So why are they called...nvm
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french bulldog
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Wonder if there is a list somewhere of all the things named after a place that they don't actually come from.
MetalMario
formerly m4riol
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american eskimo being a german dog lol. maybe it was discovered/classified by one nation yet the location and common place of the dog was in another?
