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5a5P TIL The word “nice” used to mean “simple and foolish” as well as “cowardly and effeminate.” It comes from the Latin “nescire,” meaning “to be ignorant.”
5ZRR TIL: The word gasoline has nothing to do with gas, it was a brand knock off of the original Cazeline when a shop owner drew a line on the C to make it a G
XNDP TIL Peggy Bundy, played by Katey Sagal, whose real life pregnancy was written into season 6. When the actress suffered a miscarriage, the pregnancy storyline was written as a dream of Al’s, as it was felt it would be too traumatic for Katey Sagal to work with an infant.
PYw9g TIL American Football is the 9th most popular sport in the world. It is beaten by both Volleyball and Table Tennis.