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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"eat-hat-340x434\"Where Did the Saying “I’ll Eat My Hat” Come From?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll eat my hat\u201d is an utterance commonly used when a person is absolutely certain that something will not happen. But where did this unusual phrase first originate and have there ever been any recorded instances of people actually eating their hats after being proven wrong? According to the venerable Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest known example of the phrase comes from the 1762 book Homer Travestie, by Thomas Bridges. The book is a parody of the more famous Iliad and contains a line that reads: For though we tumble down the wall, And fire their rotten boats and all, I\u2019ll eat my hat, if Jove don\u2019t drop us, Or play some queer rogue\u2019s trick…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"tom-waits\"Tom Waits vs. the World (of Advertising)<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Waits\u2019 raspy, almost growl-like singing voice has become synonymous with the singer and has been variously described by critics as sounding like it was \u201csoaked in whiskey\u201d or alternatively like it was \u201chit by a car\u201d. This distinctly recognisable sound combined with Waits\u2019 vast back catalogue of hits has seen the artist approached numerous times over the years by various advertising agencies, all of whom he has rapidly rebuffed. When once asked about why he had reservations about his music being used for product promotion, Waits very matter-of-factly summed up his position: \u201cCommercials are an unnatural use of my work\u2026 It\u2019s like having a cow\u2019s udder sewn to the side of my face. Painful and…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"monopoly\"What Exactly Does Landing on Free Parking Do in a Game of Monopoly? (And Other Ways You’ve Been Playing Monopoly Wrong That Make it Take Longer)<\/a><\/p>\n

Few board games have the ability to cause arguments like Monopoly, an unsurprising fact given the object of the game it was based on (see: Who Invented Monopoly?) was to send your opponent to the poor house while you bask in the pleasures of immense wealth and prosperity. In the eight decades or so the game has existed, the rules of Monopoly haven\u2019t really changed all that much, but because everyone \u201cknows\u201d how to play, how people actually play the game has slowly diverged from what the actual rule book, which nobody ever bothers to read, says. In anticipation of various family get-togethers coming up this holiday season, in which you\u2019ll no doubt be subjected to a game of Monopoly at some point, in this article, we\u2019re going to correct the various ways you\u2019ve probably been playing Monopoly wrong your whole life…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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