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Fun fact, the “Quick” part of it is an old timey synonym of “Living”. So basically, Living Sand. It’s the same thing with Quick Silver (mercury).

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Is that why that movie was called “The Quick and the Dead”?

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Yeah, and apparently that phrase dates back to at least a 1526 translation of the Bible. It’s old.

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That fact really was fun!

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When a fetus starts to move: “quickening”

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No, that’s when an immortal kills another immortal by beheading them and gain their powers.

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Which historically is when some Christian writers believed the fetus gets a soul

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This is a fun fact!

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