› added 6 years ago

102

TIL PEZ were originally marketed to adults as an alternative to smoking cigarettes and the early slogan was, “No smoking, PEZing Allowed”. The name PEZ is an abbreviation of PfeffErminZ, which is German for peppermint.

Read more pezcollectors.com

via reddit.com

6EnnZ TIL the phrase ‘Pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ originated as an absurdist euphemism meant to be sarcastic
pYyo4 TIL forms of brain training, including music and chess, do little to improve cognitive abilities except for the specific trained skill and similar skills
wKG6 TIL ‘Scot’ is a Old English word meaning 'tax’. To say that someone got off 'scot free’ means they avoided a tax they were expected to pay.
x6JwB TIL that the common shower loofah has its “roots” in the Luffa plant. The fruit section of L. aegyptiaca ( Luffa) can be processed, removing everything except the network of xylem fibers. It can then be turned into a kitchen or bath sponge, which is the origin story of the canonical shower loofah.
Ja0k TIL that scientists have found a lake believed to be untouched by climate change which they call “God’s Bathtub”