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EvilTerran on May 5, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Who Killed Men's Hats? Think Of A Three Letter Wor...

I've heard the same said of trains and tall top-hats in particular. (I think it was in a Horrible Histories book, of all places.)

carey on May 5, 2012 [–]

Those books also seem to be good at repeating popular wisdom unquestioned, like the story of the Romans' vomitoria.

EvilTerran on May 6, 2012 | [–]

I suspected as much; I mainly mentioned the "source" because I don't entirely trust it.

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