# Knowledge from Africa

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowledge-from-africa/144641>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 24, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowledge-from-africa/144641 "2002-12-24T00:59:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowledge-from-africa/144641/21 "2002-12-24T19:46:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mehitabel \*  
> \*\*And Dr. Daystrom was black! In the sixties!!  
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Yeah. In the 2260s! 😃

Zev Steinhardt

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowledge-from-africa/144641/22 "2002-12-24T20:20:09Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Mehitabel \*  
> \*\*Russian mobster, taunting: “And where are the Romans today?!”
> 
> Tony Soprano: “You’re lookin’ at them!” \*\*

Umm…no. That was a Hassidic Jew who was willing to let Tony’s men kill him rather than give his wife a divorce. (One of the best lines of the series IMO.) The Russian mobster said “I wash my balls with ice water!” and stuff like that.

Sorry for the nitpick, carry on. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowledge-from-africa/144641/23 "2002-12-24T20:30:02Z")

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Whoops! I am corrected. I knew it was some Eastern-Europe connected guy 😉

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