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forty days of doing nothing that somehow became civilization's oldest superpower.

name originFrom Italian quaranta giorni, meaning forty days
venetian inventionPlague-era Venice pioneered it in the 1300s
before fortyEarlier isolation lasted thirty days: trentino
yellow flagShips flew a yellow flag to signal quarantine
moon editionApollo 11 astronauts were quarantined after returning
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