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Bertrand Russell presents this argument in favour of useless knowledge: “I have enjoyed peaches and apricots more since I have known that...
Peter Household - things that have interested me: Bertrand Russell on apricots Sunday, July 11, 2010 Bertrand Russell on apricots Bertrand Russell presents this argument in favour of useless knowledge: “I have enjoyed peaches and apricots more since I have known that they were first cultivated in China in the early days of Han Dynasty; that Chinese hostages held by the great King Kaniska introduced them to India, whence they spread to Persia, reaching the Roman Empire in the first century of our era; that the word ‘apricot’ is derived from the same Latin source as the word &#
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