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20 days agoElena and Nicolae Ceaușescu were more or less equal partners in their despotic role over Romania, until their joint execution in 1989 during the Romanian Revolution.
Elena and Nicolae Ceaușescu were more or less equal partners in their despotic role over Romania, until their joint execution in 1989 during the Romanian Revolution.
It’s anglicized from Hebrew בַּיִת (house); there are a bunch of accepted ways to spell it, including “bet” and “bayt” as well.
I’ve never seen a convincing source for this factoid. As best I can tell, “killer whale” was never “whale killer” in recorded written text.
Obligatory Big Train link: “the actual train wouldn’t be quite as fast as that.”
This is funny, but also, fuck Graham Linehan.