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Started the Latin course on Duolingo after I got frustrated with only being able to make out a small percentage of the words on Latin inscriptions during my family's trip to Italy. Turns out Latin has the most incredibly unappetizing word for 'cookie' I have ever seen: crustulum. It sounds like something a dermatologist should be writing a prescription to clear up.

Side note, a LOT of Latin inscriptions in Italy mention Popes. Thing is, there's only so much room on even a triumphal arch, so pretty much every single inscription I saw that mentioned a Pope's name referred to him as PONT MAX. (Short for Pontifex Maximus.) I couldn't get over the impression that it was the official Papal Slack handle...