Round the Sphere Again: Origins

Not So Illogical
Where did the term near miss (two aircraft avoiding a mid-air collision) come from (World Wide Words)?

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Not All European
“[H]ow well do you know your favorite cheeses’ backgrounds? In this quiz, we’ll give you a cheese, and you’ll tell us where it originated” (mental_floss Blog). I scored 7/10.

Comments

[Staci]

I only got three right on the cheese quiz. I guess work as a cheese historian is not in my immediate future.

[rebecca]

It's a sad day when you're forced to remove everybody's dream job from your list of career possiblities.