Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTIL the word "crap" predated the inventions of Thomas Crapper by many years. His name was a happy coincidence.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down12cross-posted to: nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk
arrow-up1265arrow-down1external-linkTIL the word "crap" predated the inventions of Thomas Crapper by many years. His name was a happy coincidence.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square15linkfedilinkcross-posted to: nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk
minus-squaresuigenerix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoMan, everyone is coming up with nonsense reasons for why it’s not a coincidence. I mean it’s just obvious he’s a time traveller from a time before the word “crap” meant anything.
Man, everyone is coming up with nonsense reasons for why it’s not a coincidence. I mean it’s just obvious he’s a time traveller from a time before the word “crap” meant anything.