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Nominative Determinism
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Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine New Scientist in 1994, after the magazine's humorous "Feedback" column noted several studies carried out by researchers with remarkably fitting surnames. These included a book on polar explorations by Daniel Snowman and an article on urology by researchers named Splatt and Weedon. These and other examples led to light-hearted speculation that some sort of psychological effect was at work.
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My man's cumming in the field, alright.
Doing his duty for King and Country
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Smith-Cumming
When SSB discovered that semen made a good invisible ink, his agents adopted the motto "Every man his own stylo". However, the use of semen as invisible ink was ceased because of the smell it produced for the eventual receiver. It also raised questions over the masturbatory habits of the agents.
Wait…the smell was the concern when being handed a letter with possible semen on it?
Its not good if your secret spy invisible ink smells
Smells like espionage!!
Apparently my bedroom when I was teenager smelt like espionage
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Both function as invisible ink and can be swallowed, but only lemon juice staves off scurvy.