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quotation of the day an idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. oscar wilde ( ) idiom of the day half-pint — any small, weak, and/or insignificant person. alludes to a pint, a unit of liquid measurement. more... today's holiday fornacalia ( ) the fornacalia , or feast of ovens
, was designed to benefit the ovens (fornices) that parched grain and was held to placate the goddess fornix , who presided over them. it lasted a week, during which each household made an offering of far, flour of the oldest kind of italian wheat , served in the form of cakes. according to ovid, those...
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