Interesting things to Note

2 interesting things today, 1 a phrase origin, and 1 statistics.

The first: Where did the phrase "skin of my teeth" come from?

Answer, the book of Job in the Old Testament. (Job 19:20)
Meaning: The expression derives from the fact that there is no skin on the teeth (one of the few parts of the body) (Fingernails and toe nails being the others)and so to IN THE FULL EXPRESSION 'Escape by the skin of ones teeth' means to avoid a catastrophy by the very smallest margin.

And now the statistics:

Detroit, Michigan found its new rank atop the countries most dangerous cities (leaping over St. Louis) this year and Mission Viejo, California was found the countries safest city.

I was hoping to find out where Minneapolis might land on the list, but it was excluded from the list because of incomplete data.

Oh well.

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