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Calgary, Always Classy
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Saw this on Reddit. Know your meme. Calgary, always keeping it classy...
Cryptophasia
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I once worked with a waiter who had twins, and they had this. They'd talk together in gibberish, yet act as if they perfectly understood what the other one was saying. I found it fascinating.
So I was rather pleased to discover there was a word for it.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptophasia
"Cryptophasia is the phenomenon of a language developed by twins (identical or fraternal) that only the two children can understand."
The Grouville Hoard
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I've always missed something...
Can't believe I missed this:
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouville_Hoard
"Mead and Miles started metal detecting in the area where the hoard was reported in the early 1980s after they heard about a farmer who some years earlier had discovered a number of silver coins in an earthenware pot while pulling out a tree from a hedgerow. However, as they did not know the exact location of the find, and as the current owner of the farm would only allow them to metal detect once a year for 10–15 hours after the crops had been harvested, it took about 30 years before they eventually managed to locate the hoard."
Snowball Earth
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The theory that the earth at one or several points in it's history was completely frozen over and covered in ice.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth
This is of interest to our intrepid prospector as it suggests glaciation may have shifted a great many precious gems and minerals from their original settings...
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