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To: thinden

The name ‘torque’ was given by the ancient Romans, who in Latin described these necklaces as twisted and spiral screw-shaped using the word ‘torquere’, meaning ‘twisting’ and ‘turning’.


671 posted on 08/06/2023 11:28:17 AM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. / The USA is occupied by petty tyrants. )
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672 posted on 08/06/2023 11:34:52 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti m..ade from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: RitaOK
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tomas-de-Torquemada


Portrait of Jack "Torquemada" Smith, if that's his real name...

683 posted on 08/06/2023 12:12:50 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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