5. The universal language VOLAPUK was anything but obscure in the 1800s. It was invented by a Roman Catholic German priest who said he was told by God to create a language that was easy to master to bring people together. The Chicago Tribune mentioned it many times, especially the 1890s. No Tower of Babel for us.
6. SFUMATO is a printing technique in which one tone blends into another, without sharp outlines. Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is an example. I wonder what term refers to lack of eyebrows.
7. A QUINCUNX is the arrangement of five (I got that) things in which four of them form a square and the fifth is in the center. The number five on throwing dice is called a quincunx. Did you know what number you always come up with when you add the numbers on opposite sides of the die?
Stuff You Really Didn't Need to Know. --DaCoot
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