The Benefit of Being the Queen
Queen Elizabeth II actually hired a stand-in to make sure that the sun doesn't get in her eyes. The woman is named Ella Slack, she is roughly the same size and stature as the queen, and she gets paid extra on particularly sunny days. Slack is not allowed to sit on the throne, but she has made a ton of money just pretending to be someone else in the sunshine.
The Dunce Cap Used to Be a Compliment
In the 13th century, a philosopher named John Duns Scotus believed that wearing a pointed cap would help spread knowledge that fell to the bottom of the brain back to the top. Since there was no way to disprove him, scholars that called themselves the "Dunsmen" would wear them while they studied. After the idea was toppled by modern science, "Duns" was changed to "dunce," and the cap signified someone was gullible enough to believe something so preposterous.
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