Persia
About Persia
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a population of over 92 million, Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population. It is divided into five regions with 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's capital, largest city, and financial center.
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Otters used to be sacred to the Zoroastrian people who lived in Persia, so modern day Iran. There were 18 possible penalties for killing an otter in ancient Persia with the Zoroastrians, which included you would have to then go and kill 10,000 frogs, 10,000 snakes, 10,000 worms, 10,000 corpse flies.
from 103: No Such Thing As A Boa Constructor, 2016-03-04 at 00:11:10 · read transcript
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Decks and presumably infuriating princess margaret or something so they they had a specific you know everything was designed to well speaking of pajamas oh yeah they did used to be outdoor things didn't they hey well they originated in um like persia ottoman empire uh and they were just basically loose fit trousers which you would tie around the waist they were taken by the colonial british and they realized that actually were quite nice to sleep in so that's how they became pajamas.
469: No Such Thing As A Rubik's Tube, 2023-03-10 · listen
That's great. party bag. That's really awesome. It's good, isn't it? Yeah. Quite, it's quite an expensive habit. Did he say it was the king of Persia doing it? So he could afford it. He's fine for a bottle too, yeah. I've got some stuff on children, looking after children and feeding children. I do too, yeah. The first infant formula, like powdered food for babies, was invented by a guy called Justice von Liebig in 1865, and he is also the man who basically invented oxo cubes and Marmite.
No Such Thing As A Sexy Ceiling Fan, 2019-11-01 · listen
In the Persian Empire, they had cool, fun-shaped cups, and if you threw a banquet, if the king threw a banquet or something, then everyone would get a different animal-shaped cup and you'd take it home at the end of the night. That's really awesome. That's an expensive habit. Did he serve as the king of Persia doing it? So he could have done it. He's fine for a bottle too, yeah.
293: No Such Thing As A Sexy Ceiling Fan, 2019-11-01 · listen
Oh, yeah. They did you. to be outdoor things, didn't they? Oh. They originated in, like, Persia, Ottoman Empire, and they were just basically loose-fit trousers, which you would tie around the waist. They were taken by the colonial British, and they realized that actually they were quite nice to sleep in. That's how they became pajamas. Coco Chanel thought that we should wear them down the beach, and they became really fashionable people wearing pajamas down the beach in the 1920s and 30s.
No Such Thing As A Rubik's Tube, 2023-03-09 · listen
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