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• Cincinnatus’ name means “curly-haired”.

• The namesake of the chlamydia infection (and also the less well-known Chlamys, a bivalve mollusc) is the Chlamys, a short cloak worn by the ancient Greeks, and most notably Hermes.

• You should never go swimming with a kangaroo; it will attempt to drown you.

• Dr. Spock ran for president in 1972 against Richard Nixon and George McGovern. He received around 0.1% of the vote.

• McGovern, the losing major-party candidate, was utterly flattened by Nixon, who won over 60% of the popular vote and 520/538 electoral votes. Nixon, of course, resigned in disgrace in August 1974.

Today the School District of Philadelphia informs me:

All children are capable of reaching their fullest potential

This reminds me a little of the time I had to explain to someone on Math Stack Exchange why every function is onto its range.

And by “the Michigan Supreme Court” I meant “the Wisconsin Supreme Court”.

• Six of the seven justices of the Michigan Supreme Court are women.

• Catalonian nativity scenes traditionally include El Caganer, a figure of a guy pooping with his pants down.

• Another Catalonian Christmas tradition is Tió de Nadal, the Christmast Log. This is a small log with a happy face and a red hat, propped up on legs. In the run-up to Christmas, the kids feed the log daily, and then on Christmas Day it magically poops out nougats, hazelnuts, or other plausible log poop objects such as dried figs.

• To make Tió de Nadal defecate, one puts its end into the fireplace, or, if no fireplace is available, beats it with sticks.

• Tió (“trunk”) should not be confused with tío (“uncle”).