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TIL During the Black Death, incoming ships were forced to wait for 40 days to prevent possible infection. The Italian word for 40, "quaranta"
TIL During the Black Death, incoming ships were forced to wait for 40 days to prevent possible infection. The Italian word for 40, "quaranta", is where we get the word "quarantine".
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Imagine being on a ship and waiting for 40 days, hoping that nobody's infected. That could be a high tension movie plot!
I hadn't thought of that! I think that if this was done right, it could be a really cool movie.