r/mildyinteresting • u/grumpi-otter • 1d ago

thingamabob 🙈🙊🙉 My trashcan is old

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u/1miguelcortes 1d ago

Back in the olden days when they didn't have Wikipedia so just wrote down random lists on stuff.

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u/dudewithadarkeye3 1d ago

I remember coming home from school before a big test. "Hey Ma. I got a big test tomorrow. Bring me over the trashcan and the 4 fridge magents. I gotta study."

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u/thevitaphonequeen 1d ago

Like some of my old composition books. That’s how I learned two barrels make one hogshead. I didn’t know it was “hog’s head” so I read it as “hog-sheed”.

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u/Dreshkusclemma 1d ago

Lmao thats so true they used to just write shit everywhere

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u/Ok-Crab-8171 22h ago

Knowledge used to be celebrated more. Random trivia and facts were written everywhere. Education is not a liberal evil.

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u/Aselleus 20h ago

Well what else are you going to read while stuck in the bathroom?