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• Why Do Shells Sound Like the Ocean?
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• Why Is the NBA Shot Clock 24 Seconds?
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• Why Do College Basketball Teams Cut Down the Nets?
• What’s the Purpose of the Dots on a Basketball?
• Why Are Electrical Plugs Different in Europe?
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• Why Do People Call It "Xmas"?
• Why Are Blue and White the Hanukkah Colors?
• How Do Generations Get Their Names?
• Why is English Spelling So Messed Up?
• Where is Old Zealand?
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• What Was Your Best Moment of the Last Five Years?
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• How Did the Tony Awards Get Their Name?
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• Which Came First: Airplanes or Paper Airplanes?
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• Why Are There Two Dakotas and Two Carolinas?
• Why Are the Academy Awards Statuettes Called Oscars?
• Why Don't Valentine Hearts Look Like Real Hearts?
• Where Does the Term "Honeymoon" Come From?
• Why Do We Blow Out Candles on Birthday Cakes?
• Can Anyone Just Make a Citizen’s Arrest?
• Where Did The Term "Happy Hour" Come From?
• Why Are Introductory Classes Called "101"?
• Where Did the Phrase "Ay Yai Yai" Come From?
• Why Do We Call Our Galaxy the Milky Way?
• What's the Origin of the Phrase "The Eleventh Hour"?
• What’s the Deal with Those Last 4 Digits on ZIP Codes?
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• What's the Origin of the Word "Dude"?
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• Where Does the Phrase “To Turn the Tables” Come From?
• What’s the Origin of “Chinese Fire Drills"?
• Why Are They Called "Barbershop Quartets"?
• Why Do We Call the Seasons Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter?
• Where Did the Phrase "Pleased as Punch" Come From?
• Why is Friday the 13th Considered Unlucky?
• What's the Origin of the Phrase "Run Amok"?
• Where Did the 8 Glasses of Water A Day Myth Come From?
• Who Created Karaoke?
• What Causes Nightmares?
• Why Are Soccer Balls Made of Hexagons?
• Where Did the Term "86" Come From?
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• The Origin of the Gatorade Shower
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• What's the Origin of "Kilroy Was Here"?
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• Why Do We Say "The Butler Did It"?
• Who Writes the Messages in Fortune Cookies?
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• What is the Origin of the Phrase "Come Out of the Closet"?
• What Determines What Your Voice Sounds Like?
• Why Did Egyptian Pharaohs Wear False Beards?
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• When and Why Did People Start Saying "Um"?
• Where Do the Words “Mom” and “Dad” Come From?
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• How Did Pabst Win Its Blue Ribbon?
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• How Do They Make the "Pope Smoke"?
• Why Does Poop Stink?
• Where Exactly Did the Russian Meteor Come From?
• What Did People Use Before Toilet Paper?
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• Where Did the Term "Booze" Come From?
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• Where Did Hard Hats Come From?
• What’s the Origin of Jack-O’-Lanterns?
• What's Up With "10-4" And Other Radio Lingo?
• Why Is Abruptly Quitting Something Called "Going Cold Turkey"?
• Why Are Blueprints Blue?
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• Why Are People Who Cross Picket Lines Called "Scabs"?
• Why Are First-Year Students Called Freshmen?
• Why Are Bottles of Champagne Smashed On New Ships?
• What Are "Dibs"?
• Who Wrote "Happy Birthday to You" (and Who's Collecting the Millions in Royalties)?
• Where Do Seedless Watermelons Come From?
• What's the Origin of "Let the Cat out of the Bag"?
• How Did Slipping on a Banana Peel Become a Comedy Staple?
• Why Are Traffic Lights Red and Green?
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• Where Does the Phrase "Steal My Thunder" Come From?
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• If You Cannibalize a Person With an Illness, Will You Get Sick?
• What Does That "Rx" Have to Do With Prescription Drugs?
• Why Are Unidentified People Called John or Jane Doe?
• Which Came First: Orange the Color or Orange the Fruit?
• Where Did the Term "Pink Slip" Originate?
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• Why Do People Say "Holy Mackerel"?
• What's With All the Mustaches? The Origins of Movember
• Why Are the Letters in ABC Order?
• How Does an Etch A Sketch Work?
• Why Do We Sing the National Anthem at Sporting Events?
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