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Bonus Episode - Ponzi Empires, Thieving Saints, and Skin Grafts

Our Fake History

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Meaning and origins of 'rob Peter to pay Paul'

Sebastian traces the idiom's history, discusses possible 1550 cathedral story and earlier medieval usages.

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