Month: March 2016

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DYK: Are you a blue blood?

DYK: Did you know? Translated from the old Spanish phrase “sangre azul”, blue blood derives from the Medieval belief in Europe (among other places) that the blood of the royalty and nobility was blue.   Since the royal family and aristocrats were wealthy and powerful enough to pay commoners to labor in the fields for […]

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DYK: True meaning of Lily Livered

LILY LIVERED – Means cowardly. People once believed that your passions came from you liver. If you were lily livered your liver was white (because it did not contain any blood). So you were a coward. The ancient Greeks used to sacrifice an animal before battle. The liver was regarded as a prime omen – if […]