You Need to Avoid These Interior Design Mistakes at All Costs

It's Only Retro if You Think The 1850s Were Retro

Doilies are simply impractical pieces that are just for show. They are beautiful, but they were originally created just to reinforce thread for later usage. If you spill something on a doily, it's toast. You can't get it wet, you can't wash it, and you just wasted $700 on a red wine stain. 

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The More You Know

  • Clark Kent (Superman in DC Comics) is also a character in the Marvel universe, where he's actually just a mild-mannered reporter and nothing more.
  • The idea that a man should spend two months salary on an engagement ring was popularized by De Beers' ad agency.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • The tongue is the only muscle in the body attached from one end.
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