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LkZMv TIL the idea of Catholic Monks/Nuns taking a "vow of silence" never existed. The concept is a misunderstanding of "Monastic Silence" which established rules for time and place when speaking in a monastery. There was never a rule which required perpetual silence.
XEQD6 TIL that the abbreviation RIP originally comes from the Latin phrase “Requiescat In Pace” and not “Rest in Peace”
x48D TIL: the Spanish inquisition had to give 30 days notice, so people knew they were comming.