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Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Questions and Answers: Volume 15

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The month of February,

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of February, which itself comes from the Februaryua

0:06.3

purification ceremony which was held during the festival of Lupercalia.

0:10.4

The Romans would run around wearing goat skins wielding strips of goat hide, also known as a februa, hitting people with them, which was considered to be a sign of good fortune and fertility.

0:20.0

However, they could have done it much easier.

0:22.0

Instead of running around with strips of goat hide, they could have just used the purification power of the truth.

0:27.0

And there's no better way to get to the truth than with questions and answers.

0:31.0

So join me today in our own audio February as I answer your questions on this

0:35.9

episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Let's jump right into things.

0:55.0

Sean Vergawan asks, it might have been asked before but is there any place you wouldn't want to visit again

1:01.0

either because you had a bad experience or you saw everything.

1:05.0

Well, the first thing I'd say is that you can never really see everything.

1:09.0

I don't think you can ever be done with a place.

1:11.0

I've returned to places a second and third time and had completely

1:13.6

different experiences every time. Your experience in a place will depend on a

1:17.4

host of factors including the time of year, the weather, and who you just happen to

1:20.8

meet. So the short answer is no, there is no place I wouldn't return to.

1:26.7

That being said, there are some places that are not that high on my priority list for returning.

1:31.9

And probably number one is Russia.

1:34.0

Russia has very onerous visa requirements for Americans and when I was last there I got

1:38.6

harassed at the border and I don't think things have gotten any better since I was last there.

1:44.0

Visa issues and the difficulty getting into a country are always a big factor in determining

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