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The Hello Girl
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 14, 2014
Did greeting 'Hello' enter the language because it was the surname of Alexander Graham Bell's gi ...
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Franking Privileges
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 24, 2013
Did settlement of a wrongful death suit compel the Post Office to mail letters with 'Frank' writ ...
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Origins of the Guillotine
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Sep 3, 2011
Dr. Joseph Guillotin neither invented the guillotine nor was executed with one of those machines.
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Etymology of 'the Real McCoy'
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Oct 3, 2010
The 'real McCoy' refers to a type of automatic oiler invented by a black man?
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Code Adam Origin
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
David Mikkelson
Dec 31, 1998
Is missing child protocol in stores called 'Code Adam' after 6-year-old Adam Walsh?
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