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the thrill you survive becomes the story you can't stop telling
means Peril is serious danger — the immediate risk of harm, loss, or death.
from From Old French 'peril,' descended from Latin 'periculum,' meaning trial, danger, or risk. That Latin word is built on the root 'per-,' tied to ideas of trying, venturing, and going through — the same family that gives us 'experience' and 'experiment.' The thread running through all of them: to truly learn something, you have to risk it, and risk has teeth.
- latin root
- from periculum, meaning trial or experiment
- shares dna
- same root as experience and expert
- yellow flag
- old maritime peril signal warned of contagion
- clear and present
- legal standard that limits free speech
titanic sinking — 1,500+ people died when the ship hit an iceberg in the north atlantic in 1912
challenger space shuttle — 7 astronauts killed when o-ring failure caused structural failure 73 seconds after launch in 1986
mount everest — over 300 climbers have died on the mountain, with 2023 seeing 18 deaths on the peak