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Frasier

Something Rhymes with Purple

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The Pacific Ocean Is a Name of Peace

In the age of exploration, naming was often inspired by either cultural inspirations or impulses. The Pacific Ocean owes its title to explorer Ferdinand Magellan. He saw it as being calm and unruffled compared with the straits that he travelled through. And so he led it led him to name it Mar Pacifico, which means ' tranquil sea'

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