The size of food portions depicted in "Last Supper" paintings over the years has steadily grown, like our waistlines. (via William Gibson)
Serving sizes in Last Supper paintings have supersized over the ages
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The time Spike Milligan refused to pay a parking fine: "send me to prison"
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Six American habits that baffle the French
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This $430 MacBook Pro once cost nearly $2,000
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Free up computer space with 2TB of cloud storage for $59 — for life
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All Babbel language courses just dropped in this exclusive offer
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