Washington, D.C. is home to a lot of impressive architecture. Did you know that one of the gargoyles of the National Cathedral is Darth Vader?
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Have you ever heard of ‘cockney rhyming slang’? This is an East London vernacular which has a particular abundance for terms of money, including ‘Taxi Driver’=£5 (a fiver) and ‘Paul McKenna’=£10 (a tenner). Other cockney rhyming slang terms for £10 include - Speckled Hen = £10, Uncle Ben = £10, Nigel Ben = £10, Ayrton (Senna) = Tenner = £10.
The word “pizza” dates back over a thousand years—it was first mentioned in a Latin text written in southern Italy in 997 CE. But during the first few decades of the 20th century, pizza was predominantly eaten and sold by working class Italian immigrants.
Before the reusable plastic boards were introduced, Battleship was played with sheets of grid paper and a writing tool! It wasn't until 1967 that the plastic boards and small plastic ships were finally used in the game. They proved so popular that the paper version was retired.
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Have you ever heard of ‘cockney rhyming slang’? This is an East London vernacular which has a particular abundance for terms of money, including ‘Taxi Driver’=£5 (a fiver) and ‘Paul McKenna’=£10 (a tenner). Other cockney rhyming slang terms for £10 include - Speckled Hen = £10, Uncle Ben = £10, Nigel Ben = £10, Ayrton (Senna) = Tenner = £10.
The word “pizza” dates back over a thousand years—it was first mentioned in a Latin text written in southern Italy in 997 CE. But during the first few decades of the 20th century, pizza was predominantly eaten and sold by working class Italian immigrants.
Before the reusable plastic boards were introduced, Battleship was played with sheets of grid paper and a writing tool! It wasn't until 1967 that the plastic boards and small plastic ships were finally used in the game. They proved so popular that the paper version was retired.
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