Busting Popular Myths That You Probably Thought Were Facts

The Origin of ‘Crap’

Popular elementary school lore claims that Thomas Crapper, who mastered the idea of indoor plumbing, is where the word comes from. Nope! It comes from a Latin derivative, just like everything else.

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The More You Know

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