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Mare's nest cain and abel were the sons of adam and eve. Cain, the elder, killed his brother out of jealousy that god seemed to favour him more. The two are therefore the archetype of brotherly discord, and cain appears throughout literature as the personification of the original sin of murder. The mark/brand of cain, though placed on him by god to protect him (genesis, 4: 5), is now used to mean an identifying stigma. To raise cain is to create a great disturbance, as if raising up or evoking the turbulent spirit of the first murderer.
The people of France eat more cheese than any other country in the world.
Whip round hypocrite in denouncing the pharisees christ described them as 'whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness' (matthew, 23: 27). Because of certain jewish notions that impurity could result from contact with a tomb, the stones covering burial pits and the rocks at the mouths of burial caves were whitewashed as a warning to passers-by.
In Aspen Colorado, you can have a maximum income of $104,000 and still receive government subsidized housing.
When we think of Big Ben in London, we think of the clock. Actually, it’s the bell.
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