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Literary fun fact:

When Paradise Lost was first released in 1667, it was reasonably popular, but got a number of complaints that it "rhymes not." So, by the 1674 edition, it came with a note at the beginning aggressively talking shit about rhymed verse, calling it "the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame meter..."

(Source is the Second Norton Critical Edition of Paradise Lost, edited by Teskey)

@ZachWeinersmith At that age, lemon was one of my favorite things! ๐Ÿคฃ

8 year old is deeply anti-lemon and anti-spicy. I told her I like lemon hot sauce and she said "You are BRAINWASHED."

@natharari That was my understanding. Sometimes understanding does not match reality!

@daviwil I thought it was illegal to snow where you are! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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