What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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Homeless Kodo May 2021 11:46am, 8 May 2021 1,605 posts	0 Homeless Kodo First heard of Julian of Norwich, that she was an anchoress (male: anchorite) and what an anchoress/anchorite was.
Dvorak May 2021 12:17pm, 8 May 2021 22,378 posts	0 Dvorak [Julian of Norwich - mentioned not infrequently on Wittertainment. Anchoress: also a 1993 film, which iirc recorded the lowest UK box office take of its year (available to watch on BFI player); and a contemporary musical performer.]
GregP May 2021 12:18pm, 8 May 2021 126,588 posts	0 GregP [Julian of Norwich - often quoted, possibly unwittingly, by this thread's patron entity, Nigella Lawson]
Night-owl May 2021 12:21pm, 8 May 2021 36,542 posts	0 Night-owl [Am sure I have Julian of Norwich on my Kindle]
phal May 2021 12:22pm, 8 May 2021 3,494 posts	0 phal That the Latin name for Peregrine Falcon translates to ‘wandering Falcon.’
GlennR May 2021 12:53pm, 8 May 2021 56,900 posts	0 GlennR [as in 'peregrination', innit]
Cheg May 2021 1:13pm, 8 May 2021 2,891 posts	0 Cheg That fetchies brains are full of the most random stuff.
Dvorak May 2021 1:20pm, 8 May 2021 22,379 posts	0 Dvorak [I cannae believe you didnae ken that, Cheg! ]
swittle May 2021 2:14pm, 8 May 2021 75,302 posts	0 swittle The guide dog movement started in Wallasey.
Night-owl May 2021 9:23pm, 8 May 2021 36,544 posts	0 Night-owl A. A. Milne wrote a crime novel