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Not much snow for the Eskimo
You may have heard that there are numerous words for snow in the Eskimo language.
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Short facts that have piqued my interest recently.
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An ewt in a napron
Who newt that a newt used to be an ewt?
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Venetian secularism
The very first printed versions of the Talmud and the Quran were produced in Venice.
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More poor definitions of Moor
You may have heard of the Moors from history class, or Shakespeare.
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A bad day to be an enemy of eBay
It's not every day that seven employees of a publicly listed company plead guilty to criminal conspiracy charges.
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Bullish on leather
If I were paid in cow hides, I would need a shipping container for my monthly salary.
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Your farts might smell but natural gas doesn't
Silent but deadly.
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Sima Qian, the man with(out) balls
Sima Qian was sentenced to death. At the time, this sentence could be commuted by choosing castration, which is what he opted for.
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Cover the fires
What's a curfew, anyways?
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If you have this surname, don't chuck a Fitz
Are you a bastard?
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Ewe've got to be kidding me
Nature is cruel.
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Are you as smart as a dolphin?
It turns out that my mate had more in common with Spock the dolphin than I.