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TIL Jean-Baptiste Botul is a fictional French philosopher created as a literary hoax. Botul's name and the name of his philosophy are a pun on "Botulism," the foodborne illness. Some writers have fallen for the hoax including philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy who quoted Botul extensively in a 2010 book

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WkwWd TIL The Samians came to Sparta seeking aid and made a speech to show their need. The Spartans rejected them for being long-winded. Later the Samians came a second time with a sack, and said “The sack wants flour.” The Spartans replied that they were over-wordy with “the sack”; but resolved to help.
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