Questions and Answers: Volume 15
Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More
Gary Arndt
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🗓️ 3 February 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The month of February, |
| 0:02.0 | 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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