Odd Facts From History And Folklore
Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee were Virginia brothers who signed the Declaration of Independence. Paragu a is the old Spanish name for Palawan in the Philippines. The wild peccary frequents forests and trees hollowed by animals. Cadmus, mythic inventor of the Greek alphabet, founded Thebes. The verb bousen, linked to booze, appears in Edmund Spenser era. Comets were once called hair stars and deemed omens of ill luck.
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Richard Henry Lee
Francois Lightfoot Lee
Virginia
Cadmus
Thebes
Edmund Spenser
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Sally’s Sallies Dear Noah To Become A Model Prisoner
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a satirical or literary piece involving Sally and Noah with phrases about passing a third decree and references to Franc Maccabe Plainfield. No clear events, dates, or identifiable organizations are present.
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Noah
Peatars
Burnside origin of sidewhiskers and Adams kinship myth
The article explains that sidewhiskers are misnamed and derive from Ambrose Burnside rather than side burns. It notes John and Samuel Adams as second cousins and traces descent to Joseph Adams who arrived in 1626. It also mentions the Lincoln Highway length and a legal note on naturalized citizens.
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Burnsides
Ambrose E. Burnside
John and
Samuel Adams
Joseph Adams
America
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