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If you're reading this in the UK and happen to have rats in the garden, try leaving some out for them. It's something even rats won't go near. Except possibly Scandinavian rats when the alternative is salmiak.

According to that universal source of all knowledge Wikipedia, "The word [cake] itself is of Germanic origin, from the Germanic 'kakâ' (cook)". Who says Germans don't have a sense of humor when they've got the Brits to name their oldest sweet "Pontefract kaka".



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