Fun Fact

Ineffective and Addictive

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Cough medicine is a surprisingly bad idea, medieval monks get surprisingly saucy, and mundane terms have surprising origins.

  • Cough medicine
  • Throat lozenge
  • Why it’s a really good thing cough medicine doesn’t work
  • Knights vs. Snails
    • The Snail in Gothic Marginal Warfare
    • A defecating monk is chastised by a naked cleric
    • Knights & Snails app
    • List of eponyms
    • General Ambrose Burnside
    • Guy Fawkes vs Che Guevara. Epic Rap Battles of History.
    • Globe and Mail on why we have no small EVs
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      Fun FactBy Arik Devens and Allen Pike
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