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Tea bricks were used as currency in some places until WWII, eg. Tibet.
A Chicago politician was hit with bird poop as he was addressing the bird poop problem at an area bus station.
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You could say he came face to face with the problem.
Probably just getting what he's giving.
Sunday Word: drapetomania (n): ab overwhelming urge to run away.
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And not, as one might expect, a fetish for curtains...
I thought it would be someone who is crazy about drapes?? *FacePalm*

*Rolling**Rolling**Rolling*
Dave Ryan Author Icon - I was posting something similar, but you beat me to it.
Saturday Word: abditory {n.) a place into which you can disappear; a hiding place.
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I call it my mind, but abditory works too.
Clean underwear was the ultimate status symbol in colonial Europe.
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How would anyone know? *Confused*
Dave Ryan Author Icon - By the clouds of flies following the, ummm, underclass?
" It's better to have a rich soul than to be rich."
~Olga Korbut
Something to remember especially today, Happy Thanksgiving!
Before 1939, if a Guinness brewer wished to marry a Catholic, his resignation was requested.
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Almost all mammals pee for 22 seconds with a full bladder.
Most of Reykjavik, Iceland is heated by volcanic activity, about 90 percent.
Sunday Word= swedge [swej] v. : to leave without paying one's bill.
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When you swedge the doctor will blore.
Except in Scotland, where it now means to indulge in a punch-up, usually in groups and under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. It also refers to being high on Ecstasy (MDMA), a drug sometimes referred to as swedge. Historically, it referred to a blacksmith putting grooves in a horseshoe using a swedge - a type of chisel.

So, if a blacksmith high on swedge decides to swedge his bill, you might think twice about swedging him in case he pulls out his swedge.

Honestly, there are times with the English language where you wonder if it might be best just to bin it and start again.

Saturday Word _ Blore (v.) [blohr]: to cry out, bleat, bray like an animal.
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In 1916, a New York construction worker was literally shot up on a geyser while working on a subway tunnel via a hole in the tunnel.
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When interviewed on his release from hospital, he said: "It was a blast!"
Thursday Quote: " The greatest thing we can do is help someone know that they are loved and capable of loving."
~Fred "Mr." Rogers
The first Chinese American U.S. Marine Corps officer used Mandarin during the Korean War to confuse the enemy.
One of the currencies in early colonial Australia was rum.
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