Fuchsia. The spelling alone feels personal. What other word spellings make no damn sense? #fuchsia #EnglishIsWeird #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Today, a hack, for those of us who need all the help we can get. Did you already know this one, or have you been pecking away at your phone like me? #iphone #lifehacks #howthehelldidinotknowthat

What’s the difference between instantly and instantaneously? Be honest: did you know there was one? Tell me which one you use most. #wordusage #grammarnerd #howthehelldidinotknowthat

25 or 6 to 4... WTF? Nothing like starting a Monday morning by realizing I’ve sung along to something for years without having the faintest idea what it meant! For more things hiding in plain sight: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #chicago #musicfacts #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Why are barns red? Did you know? Because apparently I spent my entire life accepting this as just… what barns look like. For more things hiding in plain sight: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #history #farmfacts #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Whatever we call it, it’s a symbol of mourning. I just wondered myself which was accurate, so thought I’d share. For more things I somehow made it this far without knowing: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #flags #civics #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Have you ever eaten roadkill? PLEASE GOD let the answer be yes, and then tell me the story. #roadkill #wildfood #howthehelldidinotknowthat #luciehfrost

One missing letter. One surprisingly important story. #wordorigins #vocabulary #howthehelldidinotknowthat

This needed saying. When's your birthday? Did we miss it? #happybirthday #belatedbirthday #howthehelldidinotknowthat

I think I may have a honey stomach of my own. Unfortunately, learning what a bee’s honey stomach actually does sent me asking questions I’m not entirely sure I wanted answered. Join the knowledge hive at: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #bees #honey #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Nature is powerful. And sometimes the thing doing the selecting is us. I had absolutely no idea elephants could change this quickly in response to human pressure. More wonderfully unnecessary knowledge: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #elephants #evolution #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Have you always said “you’ve got another thing coming”? Yeah. About that... For more wonderfully unnecessary things I somehow missed: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #idioms #englishlanguage #howthehelldidinotknowthat

What's your motive-ation? More wonderfully unnecessary knowledge: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #grammarnerd #wordusage #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Phrase of the day: cut and dried. Or is it cut and dry? Because apparently I have been saying this without ever stopping to ask why. More wonderfully unnecessary knowledge at the link in my bio. #idioms #phraseorigins #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Mish it up. Apparently I have opinions about mixing, matching, mismatching, and mishmashing things. English really does have a word for everything. More wonderfully unnecessary knowledge: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #wordplay #englishlanguage #howthehelldidinotknowthat

What number do you dress to? I’m usually somewhere around a six or seven, but I finally went looking for why the hell we say “dressed to the nines.” More wonderfully unnecessary knowledge: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #idioms #wordorigins #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Hot take, I know. Find more wonderfully unnecessary knowledge at the link in my bio! #hockey #hattrick #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Am I the only one who finds the technology more interesting than the game? More wonderfully unnecessary knowledge: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #football #sportsfacts #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Baby horses are foals, colts (males), or yearlings (female), remember? For more things that made you say, "How the hell did I not know that?" aloud, visit https://www.luciefrost.com/ #PSA #publicserviceannouncement #horses #HowTheHellDidINotKnowThat

Share this reel with your gaggle. What’s next? More wonderfully unnecessary knowledge: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #animals #animalfacts #howthehelldidinotknowthat