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Things You Didn't Realise Were Norwegian
When you're from a small country, seeing things around the world that were made by your nationals is a pretty good feeling. A lot of the time though, we're unaware of the origins of the stuff around us. Think of how many things such as inventions, dishes, and songs that we just consider normal, with no thought given to where they're originally from. Here are a few that you might not know are actually Norwegian.
By Tone Breistrand5 years ago in FYI
Where did the Phrase “Bye Felicia!” Originate from?
In today’s society we often hear people using the saying “bye Felicia!” as they storm out the door signifying “get out of my face.” It’s used all the time in the everyday modern world. There are some interesting facts on where the saying originated from as well as its actual meaning.
By Sadie Colucci5 years ago in FYI
Some People Can't Recognise Faces
We take a lot of things in our lives for granted, one of them being that we can recognise the people around us. Unfortunately, this is an ability not everyone has, specifically people with prosopagnosia, also called face blindness.
By Tone Breistrand5 years ago in FYI
6 Things Your Pharmacy Team Wishes you Knew
Over the last five years, I have worked in three different retail pharmacy chains and have connections with people in hospital, independent, and other community pharmacies. While there are certainly differences between them all, we all deal with a lot of the same struggles- and it's not always corporate or our bosses. No, more frequently than we’d like to admit, it's the patients. Or, at least their reactions. As much as you get frustrated with us, there are some steps you can take to make your, and our, lives easier when you interact with a pharmacy.
By J. Lee5 years ago in FYI
Heroin in tampons and morphine for young children
Industrially produced medicines were used for all kinds of complaints from the middle of the 19th century onwards. Heroin was considered a good cough expectorant, morphine as a sleeping pill. Even children were given hard drugs.
By AddictiveWritings5 years ago in FYI
Clichés are a dime a dozen???
Aaaah, clichés. You’d have to be as blind as a bat not to see them. They’re everywhere. I'll bet your bottom dollar you’ll say and hear many every day. That's just how the cookie crumbles.
By Donna Hollinger5 years ago in FYI
The Secret Origins Of Pizza!!!
We all love pizza. I think we could say that pizza is the most popular delicacy in the world. And why not? I mean there is a pizza for anyone, no matter what your preferences are you can find or make a pizza to suit your tastes! Pineapple Pizza, Pizza Neapolitan, Salad Pizza, Kebab Pizza, Chocolate Pizza, Ice Cream Pizza , the possibilities are endless. But the most famous pizza ever is the Italian pizza and to be more precise the Pizza Margarita, supposedly the first pizza ever made by the baker Rafael Esposito in honor of the Queen of Italy, Margarita of Savoy, in 1889 AC. But what if I told you that pizza is an ancient food and Its origins go back to ancient Greece.
By Nick Ifor5 years ago in FYI
ET Phone Home
Before I start writing this article can someone please get me my tinfoil hat? Thanks. Aliens are all around us and they have influenced the human race greatly. There are even different types of aliens that are described in ancient legends and many of these legends describe a connection between us and these alien races.
By Aivreyz5 years ago in FYI
5 Must-See Movies filmed in Berlin...
There is no doubt the two World Wars shaped this city, or at very least left a significant scar across its face, but Berlin is so much more than that. If you're like me, you love the rich history and culture of Berlin, but find it difficult to locate anything to read or watch about this ever-changing city without hearing about you know who. Never fear, I have listed five must-see movies featuring Berlin that do not include war. Prost!
By Jenna Heartgrove5 years ago in FYI
Of Libraries and Bad-Ass Librarians
True story. In the Sahara Desert in the mid 2000s, following the global chaos of the 9/11 terror attacks and in the wake of al-Qaeda and Isis insurgencies across much of the Sahel, the semi-arid African region that borders the southern edge of the world’s largest, most expansive desert, a small band of self-taught antiquarians and librarians vowed to hide priceless ancient Arabic texts written on parchment and bound in books, some dating back to the 15th century and earlier.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in FYI
Stop calling men "simps" for being decent people.
The original meaning of simp meant a silly or foolish person, derived from the word 'simpleton.' However, as generations passed, "simp" is now new slang used to shame men who treat women properly. It discourages males from showing any ounce of respect or affection within relationships, perpetuating toxic masculinity.
By Madison Martin5 years ago in FYI
Beware of the elves
Home of the Elves. Picture from CTV News. Iceland. Rugged, isolated, otherworldly and perhaps one of the last living places where ethereal beings known as elves can still be found, unchanged and apparently thriving for hundreds of years. Well, according to recent studies, this is what at least 62% of the modern Icelandic population believes.
By E M5 years ago in FYI