About The Partially Examined Life. 1  The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy.
Ratatouille originated in the area around present day Occitan ProvenÃ§a (French: Provence) & NiÃ§a (French: Nice, Occitan: NiÃ§a); the Catalan xamfaina and the Majorcantombet are versions of the same dish. It is a traditional French ProvenÃ§al stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice. The full name of the dish is ratatouille niÃ§oise.
Originally called the Hanover rat by people wishing to link problems in 18th century England with the House of Hanover, it is not known for certain why the brown rat is named Rattus norvegicus (Norwegian rat), as it did not originate from Norway.