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Where did the expression "raining cats and dogs" originate?
Well, one plausible theory is that the expression originated in
17th century England in reference to a common tragedy. Drainage
systems were not the same then as they are now and during heavy
downpours of rain, the gutters would overflow with cats and dogs
and other small animals that had drowned. The situation gave the
appearance that it had literally rained "cats and dogs."
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Why do we say a computer or computer program has a "bug" in it
when it malfunctions?
Because once, the problem really WAS a bug. In 1945, a computer
at Harvard malfunctioned and a woman investigated and found a
moth in one of the circuits. She removed it. Ever since, when
something goes wrong with a computer, it is said to have a bug in
it.
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Where did the expression "son of a gun" originate?
"Son of a gun" has its origins with sailors. When a ship was in
port for an extended period of time, wives and other women were
permitted to live on board with the ship's crew. Occasionally,
children would be born on board and a convenient place for the
birth to happen was between guns on the gun deck. If the child's
father was unknown, the child was entered in the ship's log as
"son of a gun."
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