Useless Quarantine Fact #29 – Quaranta

Useless Quarantine Fact #29 – Quaranta

Useless Quarantine Fact #29

Our first user submitted fact!

During the Black Death, incoming ships were forced to wait 40 days to prevent possible infection.

(Sound familiar? ?)

The Italian word for 40, “Quaranta” is the origin of the word “quarantine!


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