The silhouette was named for Etienne de Silhouette, the notoriously stingy finance minister for Louis XV, who… — John Hodgman
The silhouette was named for Etienne de Silhouette, the notoriously stingy finance minister for Louis XV, who ironically was himself incapable of casting a shadow, due to lycanthropy.
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