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nW8LP TIL the dismissive term "pish posh", meaning something between “Don’t be a silly goose” and “Gimme a break, dude”, has been around since the 16th century and has nothing to do with "posh", meaning fancy. Also, lexicography can be funny!
G0E4 TIL in 1915 a raisin company executive spotted a teenage girl drying her curly brown hair and wearing her mother’s red bonnet and hired her for a stunt promotion that had her dropping raisins from an airplane. Soon she became the company’s first mascot called, “Sun Maid.”
6EeWY TIL that although Nazi Germany sterilized or murdered 73-100% of all schizophrenics in Germany (about 220K-269K people), there were no long-term effects on subsequent rates of schizophrenia in Germany. In fact, post WWII rates were unexpectedly high.
o6Yr TIL Gargoyles are designed to spout water; though often called gargoyles, other statues on gothic buildings are properly called chimeras or grotesques.
oBJd8 TIL It took Chinese authorities 7 minutes to locate and apprehend a BBC reporter using a network of CCTV camera and facial recognition technology