• Nougat@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    I wonder how much of a coincidence it is that the Virginia state flag contains the Latin phrase shouted by John Wilkes Booth after he shot Lincoln.

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      10 months ago

      I believe Booth got it from a play, so unrelated. But it was probably a more popular phrase before Booth used it.