#Origin

Change of pace. A thread of (some of) my favorite word origins, in no particular order1) "Pedigree" comes from the French pied de gru, meaning "foot of a crane" because
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A reader emails to ask:"Why must there exist a universal common ancestor?"In other words, why do scientists believe that all living organisms today are descended from one ancestral population?This is
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1/ Today on #Archaeology_Online, a story that you dont hear every day, combining archeology of the Ancient Near East and modern history in a way that doesn't happen much. This
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Got a great question from @generalpatton27 w.r.t. the definition of hypersonic test conditions, as he makes the great point that not all hypersonic flows are created equal. E.g. defining Mach
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i’m going to make a thread on why non lesbians cannot say dyke because it’s getting weird. let’s start, the word dyke has been speculated to have many different origins
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A thread on why Indian Muslims need to support #Turkey #Erdogan. First & foremost the global politics has changed. These days it’s all about one strongman vs other. Hence you
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A lot of people are loving the name "Sarangdhar" the character too of course. Bt I doubt anyone knows about the meaning & origin of its name. I will clarify
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@myogiadityanath government has successfully demolished illegal construction on 100 bighas of Forest Department land which was done by a Pir of Pakistani origin. Yes you read it correctly, Pir of
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Thrilled to share our new @freedomhouse special report:Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach: The Global Scale and Scope of #TransnationalRepressionFindingshttps://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression Before diving into details – wha
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Apropos of the present Frankfurt School/anti-semitism debate, here's an idea I'm working on: there are two main kinds of decline theories, degeneration theories and seduction theories. Degeneration theories hold that
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Theories on Bhaumakara Dynasty Scholars like Binayak Mishra and RC. Majumdar, argued that the ‘Bhaumakara Dynasty’ was associated with a tribe called “Bhauma”, whose members originally lived on the Mahendragiri
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1/5 Under WTO rules, the UK is expected to be able to check, measure and control the value and volume of goods crossing our borders. This is to ensure we
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A thread on why Indian Muslims need to support #Turkey #Erdogan. First & foremost the global politics has changed. These days it’s all about one strongman vs other. Hence you
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A more serious question. @trussliz speaking to @CommonsIntTrade assumes negotiating to join the CPTPP is going to go ahead. Have the signatories of the CPTPP accepted this yet? Asked what
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My wife has this great take on the whole "woke mother Eve" thing. For those unfamiliar, the theory goes that mother Eve, seeing that disobeying God had to be done
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FACT OF THE DAYBeing one of the most sacred and spiritual destinations, the Himalayas have rich legacies hidden in their mountain folds.Masroor rock-cut Temple complex is another masterpiece of ancient
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