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   Facetiae
   • (n. pl.) Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.
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   Facetiae
   Facetiae are humorous sayings, witticisms, jests. There have been many collections of such. Amongst the most notable are the Jests of Hierocles, an old Greek collection, the Liber Facetiarum of Poggio Bracciolini, the Apophthegms of Bacon, Joe Miller's Jest-Book, etc.
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   Facetiae
   The Facetiae is an anthology of jokes by Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459), first published in 1470. The collection, "the most famous jokebook of the Renaissance," is notable for its inclusion of scatological jokes and tales: six of the tales involved farting, six involving defecation. ...
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