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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Well, actually, it's "just desserts".

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Nope. It’s pronounced “desserts” but actually it’s an old phrase and is spelled “deserts.”

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Huh, well I was confidently incorrect. TIL.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

The fastest way to get the right answer is to be wrong on the internet. - Abraham Lincoln

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Lincoln never said that!

It was Napoleon.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Napoleon… Dynamite!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah I only learned that pretty recently myself. I was very excited to get to share that useless bit of trivia when I saw the comment lol

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