"Word fossils" are words that we don't really use anymore, except as part of an idiom or expression: "What in 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣?!" "Good 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚!" & "Moral 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚." But how do words become "fossilized" & how long does it take?

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Thanksgiving is coming and it's a great time for infection-prevention trivia to share 'round the table? So, we wanted to know: can sterling silver really keep itself germ-free?

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Like many great inventions, Silly String was an accident: it was meant to be spray-on casts.

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Is this creepy abandoned park full of presidential busts in Virginia a symbol for our crumbling democracy?!

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In 1924, a pair of sailors died aboard the S.S. Watertown and were buried at sea. Then, the crew started seeing spectral faces in the water. In response to cries of "photographs or it did not occur" the captain snapped A SPOOKY-ASS PIC --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Did you brew your coffee in a paper filter this morning? You have a fed-up German housewife named Melitta to thank for that! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

So, when did humans start in with the whole "rinse, lather, repeat" nonsense?

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Robert Recorde invented the equals sign (=) because he got HECKIN' TIRED of having to write "is equal to" over and over again when he was creating mathematical texts for non-Latin reading folk in the 16th century England.

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Why do we do this THING with our ONE EYE (that is ... those of us who can wink). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letmegooglethat/support

Will you get ice cubes faster if you fill the tray with hot water? 🤔

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http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/mpemba_effect.html

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The entire colony of Roanoke ghosted over 430 years ago, and we still don't know what happened to them.

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