The Hello Girl

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Barbara Mikkelson

Mar 14, 2014 Did greeting 'Hello' enter the language because it was the surname of Alexander Graham Bell's gi ...

Franking Privileges

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Barbara Mikkelson

Mar 24, 2013 Did settlement of a wrongful death suit compel the Post Office to mail letters with 'Frank' writ ...

Origins of the Guillotine

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David Mikkelson

Sep 3, 2011 Dr. Joseph Guillotin neither invented the guillotine nor was executed with one of those machines.

Etymology of 'the Real McCoy'

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Barbara Mikkelson

Oct 3, 2010 The 'real McCoy' refers to a type of automatic oiler invented by a black man?

Code Adam Origin

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Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

Dec 31, 1998 Is missing child protocol in stores called 'Code Adam' after 6-year-old Adam Walsh?