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TIL that the Codex Amiatinus, the oldest complete Bible in the Latin Vulgate, was produced in Northumbria (North-East England) in around 700 AD as a gift for Pope Gregory II

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 11:08 am

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Latin Gets Anon Laid

by CopyPastaArchive August 16, 2022, 10:01 pm

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TIL that the earliest known reference to French toast dates back to first century CE in a Latin collection of recipes.

by whatilearned August 5, 2022, 2:41 pm

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TIL that the motto or brand ‘Parabellum’ used by firearms and ammunition comes from the Latin phrase “Si vis pacem, para bellum”, which means “If you desire peace, prepare for war”.

by whatilearned July 24, 2022, 12:44 pm

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TIL Previous to the Euro there was the Latin Monetary Union in which many European countries would mint coins to the same LMU standards allowing for ease of exchange. The LMU was established in 1865 and disbanded in 1927. The standards fell out of favor due to currency debasement and WW1.

by whatilearned July 18, 2022, 10:13 am

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TIL that Christopher Columbus’s signature is written in a combinaison of Greek and Latin script, whose exact meaning has not been decyphered yet. People have used the signature to “prove” that he was Greek, Portuguese, Jewish…

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 4:30 pm

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TIL one of the most mad Roman emperors wasn’t actually called ‘Caligula’. It was a nickname given to him as a kid by his father’s soldiers, while being on campaign with them in Germania. The name means ‘little boots’ in Latin and is a reference to the child-sized military gear he would wear

by whatilearned June 23, 2022, 3:15 pm

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TIL about “The Open Veins of Latin America,” a seminal historical analysis on resource exploitation since the Conquistadors, and how precious metal mining for bullets and aircraft feeds the Northern hemisphere’s depletion of resources and people from the Rio Grande to the Amazon

by whatilearned June 23, 2022, 4:21 am

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TIL the word “salad” comes from Latin “herba salata” (“salted herb”) because vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times.

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 1:09 pm

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TIL of Palenquero, a Spanish-based creole spoken in the Colombian town of San Basilio de Palenque that mixes Spanish with Kikongo, a language spoken in the Congo region of Africa. It is the last Spanish-based creole language of its kind in Latin America.

by whatilearned May 28, 2022, 10:18 pm

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Between the 7th and 16th centuries, anonymous pilgrims and other travellers left behind traces of their presence throughout the eastern Mediterranean region, where the walls of sacred sites are emblazoned with thousands of Latin inscriptions

by HistoryBuff May 10, 2022, 9:12 pm

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TIL The Japanese sports equipment company ASICS is an acronym for “anima sana in corpore sano” Latin for “sound body, sound mind”

by whatilearned April 13, 2022, 9:33 pm

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