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Aug 21, 2023
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Everybody knows about the Wheel of Fortune, taken from our Word of the Week. Why, you may have seen a picture of the goddess herself, Fortuna, with her hand on the big wheel, and in the old medieval manuscripts you’d find people with her too. They’re not standing to the side to see where the wheel will land, as the carnival barker cries, “Round and ro…

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