Fuligin invented

gwern0 at gmail.com · 17 Jan 2008, 01:01 · from 2008-January.txt.gz

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From: gwern0 at gmail.com (gwern0 at gmail.com)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:01:29 -0500
Subject: (urth) Fuligin invented
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On 2008.01.16 19:29:27 -0500, brunians at brunians.org scribbled 0.5K characters:
> I believe that TE is based on an actual type of executioner's sword.

Yes. I was surprised when I happened to be reading a book on torture and other judicial punishments and came across its description of a 'sword of justice' <https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Sword_of_Justice>, a distinct style of swords. If you look at this picture of one <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Noe_sword.jpg>, you'll notice the described characteristics of our beloved Terminus Est!

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