Around the thirteenth century, bakes began to add an extra loaf to every dozen. They did not want to be accused of cheating their customers. So 13 items has become known as a baker's dozen. […] Today, some bakers still bake bread in baker's dozens.

Compelled? I like this idea. Like those re-education camps in Vietnam. We line all the young faglings up and force them to watch The Harvey Girls over and over and over again. And The Pirate! And Meet Me in St. Louis! And Judy singing Liza, Liza Minelli on national television to her seemingly less than thrilled but always professional daughter.

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[…] the desert soil of the Great Basin is as rich in the elements that in rainy regions rise and ripen into food as that of any other State in the Union.