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pretty interesting wiki page, is their 60 base math the reason we still have 60 base time?

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Basically, yes. Time, angles, geographic coordinates.

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round things! time being a flat circle, obviously. ;)

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The best thing to do when grandma dies is to keep her body under your bed!

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In Tonga it’s still a common practice to bury relatives in front of your home.

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witch burning

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Yep, better to test if they can swim.

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Or if they weigh as much as a duck

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She turned me into a newt!

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Just need to know if they’re heavier than a duck.

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But she coughed nails! Her master’s 6 year old daughter saw the maid do that!

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Almost anything disease-related, E.G. humors.

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Don’t shower because you’ll get water on your brain and go dumb

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Dang. Is this brought to us from the same people who believe washing your asscrack makes you gay?

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Given the increasing popularity of showers over baths over the last several decades this could actually explain a lot.

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