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The founder of Taco Bell originally ran a hamburger stand, but switched to tacos because he couldn't compete with a hamburger stand nearby. That stand was the first McDonald's.
Taco Bell originally started out as a hotdog stand in 1948. Glen Bell, the founder, reverse engineered the taco recipe from a popular Mexican restaurant across the street. He then reopened as a taco stand that would later become Taco Bell.
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Despite actually being a boxing slang, there is a widespread notion that the phrase 'Saved by the bell' originated as an expression that relates to people being buried alive having a bell that was attached to the coffin, thus ringing it and be saved.
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Saved by the Bell was originally called 'Good Morning, Miss Bliss' and starred Parent Trap actress Hayley Mills as a teacher. The show was cancelled after a single season then repackaged with Zack, Lisa, Screech and Mr. Belding retained from the original show.
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I learned that Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, originally wanted the standard phone greeting to be, "ahoy hoy." it was Thomas Edison who suggested we say "hello."
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The original Taco Bell building ( Est. 1962) was ripped out of the ground, placed on a moving truck, and crossed 8 cities to be placed at Taco Bell Headquarters in Irvine.
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Jingle Bells was originally written as a Thanksgiving song, and has nothing to do with Christmas. None of the words mention Christmas at all.
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Although Jingle Bells is one of the most famous Christmas songs, it was originally written for Thanksgiving.
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Jingle Bells was originally written by James Pierpont in 1857, for Thanksgiving not Christmas. It was originally called One Horse Open Sleigh.
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Curfew" comes from the French phrase "couvre-feu", which means "fire cover". Its original meaning refers to a law made by William The Conqueror that all fires should be covered at the ringing of the 8 o'clock bell to prevent the spread of destructive fire within communities in timber buildings.
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The original use of the bell was to summon the lawmakers to their legislative sessions. It was also used to alert the people to public proclamations and meetings.
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The original cast was made in London, England, in 1752, by the company Lester and pack. Today the company is known as Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
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The original use for the metal detector was to locate bullets inside of human bodies. Alexander Graham Bell used an early model in an attempt to locate the bullet in President Garfield.
Originally steel pan instruments were played in steel bands with instruments such as dustbins, biscuit tins, and soap boxes. Today steel bands include a variety of other instruments such as triangles, bongos, congas, vibraphones, other percussion instruments, and cow bells.
The song "Jingle Bells" was originally written for Thanksgiving. - source
The Liberty Bell still hangs from its original yoke. The yoke was made from slippery elm, which is also known as American elm.
Carol of the Bells was not a Christmas song originally but was a Ukrainian song that told of a swallow that would fly into their homes on the new year and tell of their good fortune for the next year. - source
Jingle Bells was originally meant to be a Thanksgiving song.
AT&T was originally the Bell Telephone Company, started by Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.
The original cast contained the following words from Leviticus 25:10 "Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."
"Saved by the bell" originated as an expression that relates to people being buried alive. The idea was that, if someone were comatose and mistakenly pronounced dead and interred, they could, if they later revived, ring a bell that was attached to the coffin and be saved.
An 82 yr old woman has been charged for 40+ years for a couple rotary phones that she started renting in the 60's at almost $22 every 3 months from the phone company (originally Ma Bell now AT&T) that she doesnt even have anymore.
