@LabyrinthWeaver UberFacts "Dude" first appeared in a poem by Robert Sale-Hill in 1883. The original "dudes" were the idle sons of American industrialusts and bankers who affected British mannerisms, wore tight pants and pointy shoes. esnpc.blogspot.com/2015/02/dudes-…

The History Islands The man who coined the word "Dude" in 1883 died on the Island of Jersey one hundred years ago, in April 1922. esnpc.blogspot.com/2022/02/biogra…

JenOakie42🐢🌪🐇 The word "Dude" craze first took off in 1883. Coined by Robert Sale Hill, pissibly influenced by Yankee Doodle, Fopdoodle or Dodo. esnpc.blogspot.com/2015/02/dudes-…

THS - Tacoma History He looks like a real "Dude" - something you never would have called him, but for another Tacoma resident, Robert Sale Hill, who coined the word "Dude" in 1883. He moved to Tacoma in 1891. He helped introduce electric power to Tacoma. esnpc.blogspot.com/2022/02/biogra…

The book "Origin of the Word ‘Dude’" is dedicated “To the memory of Robert Sale Hill whose 1883, poem ‘The Dude’...introduced a word which instantly became one of the most popular items in the English slang lexicon.” But what was the source for the word? blog.oup.com/2022/12/dude-a…

During WWII, a fictional Captain America fought Nazis. But during WWI, an actual Captain America saved victims of a German Submarine and helped post-war Polish orphans. On this 4th of July, learn about tge exploits of the real Captain America.

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Also, before WWI, a circus strongman called Captain Americus amazed audiences with his feats of strength.

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Jeopardy! had a clue a few days ago about Budweiser being the "King of Beers" since the mid-20th century, but they missed it by half a century. Budweiser was the "King of Beers" as early as the late 19th century!

Read more here.esnpc.blogspot.com/2015/09/six-ox…

MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Early Sports 'n' Pop Culture History Blog 's contributions to the book included a biography of the man who coined the word "dude" in 1883. You can read about it on my blog. esnpc.blogspot.com/2022/02/biogra…

In 1876, for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, a man named Mahrrnholz submitted a pair of human skin boots for display (the white boots on the left), along with anaconda snake skin boots. Mahrenholz also sold boots under fancy names, like Tuxedo.

"Snoopy" dogs predate the beloved character from Charles Schultz's Peanuts comic strip. A "Snoopy Sniffler" dog was invented and sold during the 1930s, more than a decade before Snoopy made his first appearance.

Snoopy was a popular name and descriptor for dogs, and even cats, a century ago. Read more on my blog. esnpc.blogspot.com/2022/12/snoop-…

Grok the Black Captain Queeg BG900 {WARLORD} OntheSpot Well, actually, the origin of Jigaboo as an ethnic slur apparently comes from a song about a fictional Irishman named Ji-ji-boo Jhai O'Shea, who was stranded on a South Seas island and was proclaimed a king by the inhabitants. esnpc.blogspot.com/2022/03/ji-ji-…

Oddest History Chris George Parker was known to have sold the bridge, but he was not the first. An Italian-American man named Edward Basso is the first person known to have sold the bridge, as early as 1900. esnpc.blogspot.com/2020/10/bridge…