{"id":51680,"date":"2017-05-02T02:29:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T09:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=51680"},"modified":"2017-05-02T02:29:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T09:29:41","slug":"poindexter-slang-nerd-pages-intentionally-left-blank-great-emu-war-1932","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/poindexter-slang-nerd-pages-intentionally-left-blank-great-emu-war-1932\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Poindexter Slang for Nerd, Why Some Pages are &#8220;Intentionally Left Blank&#8221;, The Great Emu War of 1932 and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p>In this week\u2019s \u201cbest of\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TodayIFoundOut\" target=\"_blank\">our YouTube channel<\/a>, we share why &#8220;poindexter&#8221; is slang for nerd and why some pages in books are &#8220;intentionally left blank&#8221;. 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