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Diaphanous

an adjective used to describe something (usually a fabric or material) that is so light, delicate, and fine in texture that it is almost completely transparent or translucent; once crowned “the most beautiful word in the English language” by a over a thousand poets and literary enthusiasts (as part of a collaboration between the Poetry Society of America and Babbel).

The South American Andes region

Region that quinoa is indigenous to

Northwest Africa (especially by the Amazigh people)

Region that couscous is indigenous to

His sarcophagus is the most well-preserved we’ve found so far of any Pharaoh. King Tut was so unpopular and insignificant back in Ancient Egypt and his reign so short-lived that, simply put, no one thought to look for his tomb.

Why is King Tutankhamen so popular in the modern age?

The Black Plague. Beforehand, the lingua francas of the elites and churches were French and Latin, respectively, while the peasants stuck to English. However, after the Black Death wiped out about 1/3 of Europe’s population, the lower classes gradually rose in status and influence, making way for English to become more and more often used as the language of instruction until it became Europe’s lingua franca.

How did English become the lingua franca of much of Western Europe?

Canberra is a small city sitting right between Sydney and Melbourne—neither of which would accept the other as the nation’s permanent capital—and so in 1908, Canberra was named capital as a compromise between the two aforementiones cities.

Why is Canberra the capital of Australia and not Sydney or Melbourne?

A bathroom adjoined to a bedroom which can only be accessed by passage through said bedroom.

What is an en suite bathroom?