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  2. Nazi salute - Wikipedia

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    Nazi salute. The Nazi salute, also known as the Hitler salute, [ a] or the Sieg Heil salute, is a gesture that was used as a greeting in Nazi Germany. The salute is performed by extending the right arm from the shoulder into the air with a straightened hand. Usually, the person offering the salute would say "Heil Hitler!"

  3. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    Eyes were often painted to ward off the evil eye. An exaggerated apotropaic eye or a pair of eyes were painted on Greek drinking vessels called kylikes from the 6th century BCE up until the end of the end of the classical period. The exaggerated eyes may have been intended to prevent evil spirits from entering the mouth while drinking.

  4. Rheum - Wikipedia

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    Rheum from a cat's eyes. Rheum ( / ruːm /; from Greek: ῥεῦμα rheuma 'a flowing, rheum') is a thin mucus naturally discharged from the eyes, nose, or mouth, often during sleep (contrast with mucopurulent discharge ). [ 1][ 2][ 3] Rheum dries and gathers as a crust in the corners of the eyes or the mouth, on the eyelids, or under the nose ...

  5. Al-Qalam 51-52 - Wikipedia

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    The Verse of Evil Eye (Arabic: آیه وَإِن يَكَادُ) is verses 51 and 52 of Al-Qalam in the Quran. It is usually recited for protection from the evil eye . It states: "And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say: Indeed, he is mad.

  6. List of Classical Greek phrases - Wikipedia

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    Ἀεὶ κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιῷ ἱζάνει. "A jackdaw is always found near a jackdaw". Ἀεὶ κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιῷ ἱζάνει. Aeì koloiòs parà koloiôi hizánei. "A jackdaw is always found near a jackdaw". Similar to English "birds of a feather flock together." Papyrus, dated 75–125 A.D ...

  7. Criticism of the Quran - Wikipedia

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    The author of the Apology of al-Kindy Abd al-Masih ibn Ishaq al-Kindi (not the famed philosopher al-Kindi) claimed that the narratives in the Quran were "all jumbled together and intermingled" and that this was "an evidence that many different hands have been at work therein, and caused discrepancies, adding or cutting out whatever they liked ...

  8. Tupi language - Wikipedia

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    Literal Portuguese translation by Eduardo Navarro [2]: 350 Literal English translation English Oré rub, ybakype tekoar, Nosso pai, o que está no céu, Our father, the one in heaven, Our Father in heaven, i moetepyramo nde rera t'oîkó. como o que é louvado teu nome esteja. as the one hallowed your name may be. hallowed be your name,

  9. Omen - Wikipedia

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    Explanations in English were added to this manuscript by a nineteenth-century American missionary. [ 1] An omen (also called portent) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. [ 2] It was commonly believed in ancient times, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages ...