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☠️ I died from “Dropsie” (swelling due to fluid retention) in the week of May 23rd, 1665

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I was recently 'complaining' about how I find the name for Vermillion was difficult for me because it seems like it should be a green color. Since "ver" usually means green, like "verde".

So, I looked up why it's called Vermillion and found that the reason is because of this bug called Kermes vermilio:


Photo credit Paul Starosta

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etymology of "juggernaut" (sh.itjust.works)
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I'm in India and I just found out the etymology of the word juggernaut.

it comes from the Sanskrit jagganath, which means " lord of the world", and is the name of one of the major Hindu gods.

but what's awesome is he's basically their giant buff God.

so all his temples are like super squat and beefy, sort of brutalist architecture.

so the X-Men iteration is pretty close to what you can imagine the lord of the world looking like.

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