Way back during the aggressive expansion of the Ottomon Empire and the rise of Islam, the Ottomans laid siege to the town of Vienna. While they were well-defended, the Austrians were under the threat of sapping (digging under the city fortifications) by the Saracens.
Late one night, a pair of bakers had chosen to work through the night when they heard the sappers working inside the walls. They raised the alarm and managed to locate the infiltrators and kill them. Some days later, an army from France arrived and pushed the Ottomans out.
Celebration ensued and the two bakers decided to make a commemorative pastry. Whether it was out of respect or scorn for their enemy, no one knows, but they adopted the crescent (the Islamic holy symbol) and made it into a pastry that we know today as the croissant.
Jacob Shallus was the calligrapher of the U.S. Constitution, and was paid $30 for his work.
Richard the Lion Hearted was a member of a troupe of troubadors, and wrote lyrics.
For over 400 years, pirates were hanged at Execution Dock on the north bank of the Thames.
The word "dream" did not come to mean 'sleep images' until around the 13th century. It origionally meant "joy", "noise", or "music", in Olde English.
As of 2005, the Japanese liquer Sake has been around for 6,805 years.
"Caesar" means "hairy". The family was known for having fine heads of hair.
Josephine's divorce from Napolean was the first under the Napoleanic Code.
Only ocean fish is used raw in suchi. River fish is cooked because of its tendancy to harbor parasites.
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Azakias's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Only ocean fish is used raw in suchi. River fish is cooked because of its tendancy to harbor parasites.
Pretty sure she goes by Led now.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Azakias was all like:
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Only ocean fish is used raw in suchi. River fish is cooked because of its tendancy to harbor parasites.
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Sushi refers to the rice, and maye or may not have raw fish, Sashimi on the other hand is raw fish.
The Blue and Yellow fin tuna are highly prized fish for the Japanese, sometimes selling for upto 18000 per fish. Fish from all over the world are flown to the Japanese fish markets, a fish cout off the NJ shore could be selling the next day in Japan.
Ahoy Is thought to orginally be a viking war cry
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JooJooFlop painfully thought these words up:
Pretty sure she goes by Led now.
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