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WTF Fun Fact 13039 – Alternate Names for the Seven Dwarfs
WTF Fun Fact 12673 – What’s In A (Cat’s) Name?
The surname “Esposito” and its…
The surname “Esposito” and its variants comes from children who were abandoned (“exposed”) in Italy (before the XVII century, when the law forbade it). Every person with that surname today descends from an exposed child that kept the surname the orphanage once gave them. The post The surname “Esposito” and its… appeared first on Crazy… Read More »
A Tennessee judge who ordered a name change…
A Tennessee judge ordered a name change for a baby named “Messiah”. He was later fired after her decision was found unconstitutional on appeal—she had previously stated, “That title has only been earned by one person and that person is Jesus Christ.” The post A Tennessee judge who ordered a name change… appeared first on… Read More »
The Amondawa language has no word for…
The Amondawa language has no word for “time”, or time periods such as “month” or “year”. The people do not refer to their ages, but rather assume different names in different stages of their lives or as they achieve different status within the community. The post The Amondawa language has no word for… appeared first… Read More »
After the musician Prince changed…
After the musician Prince changed his name to The Love Symbol “Ƭ̵̬̊” in 1993, he sent out custom 3.5 inch floppy disks to news/media outlets with strict instructions that contained a custom font that would replace the capital letter “P” with that symbol on the PC and Macintosh. The post After the musician Prince changed…… Read More »