I didn’t know diddly-squat about where this phrase came from. You? What everyday phrase have you never once stopped to question? https://www.luciefrost.com/ #diddlysquat #idioms #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Let me put this nonsense right into your inbox! https://www.luciefrost.com #Newsletter #DidYouKnow #howthehelldidinotknowthat

I went looking for one particular sound and discovered an instrument I somehow never knew existed. What instrument should I investigate next? https://www.luciefrost.com/ #musicfacts #howthehelldidinotknowthat

An overly personal question? Absolutely... But have you ever stopped to wonder where that phrase came from? Follow for more completely unnecessary investigations into perfectly ordinary phrases. #inthebuff #wordorigins #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Why can’t my bagel just be cut all the way through? Apparently even this has an explanation. For an award-winning memoir full of things I somehow never knew: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #bagel #foodfacts #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Tired of correcting people who say “fiction novel”? Just send them this reel. Want an entire award-winning book of things we probably should have learned by now? HOW THE HELL DID I NOT KNOW THAT?: https://www.luciefrost.com/ #novel #bookfacts #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Are you more empathetic, sympathetic, or just plain pathetic? Empathic or empathetic: which one do you actually say? Visit https://www.luciefrost.com/ for more little oddities of the English language! #wordusage #empathy #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Continually vs. continuously. Apparently English has decided these are two different things, because of course it has. What word pair gets you every time? https://www.luciefrost.com/ #wordusage #grammarnerd #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Do I know the difference between a boulder and a rock? No fracking way! Did you know? Probably so... You probably learned it in granite school. I'll see myself out. #rock #boulder #earthscience #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Apparently one of my eyes has been running the show. Do you know which is dominant? Test yourself and tell me which eye won. https://www.luciefrost.com/ #eyedominance #humanbody #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Do you have tips to make life easier? Here’s one I somehow made it this far without knowing. What tiny life trick should everybody know? Teach me something. https://www.luciefrost.com/ #lifehacks #tipoftheweek #howthehelldidinotknowthat

How how how can I not have noticed such basic things about how a body works? What did you recently discover about your own body? Apparently I skipped the owner’s manual. https://www.luciefrost.com/ #bodyfacts #sciencefacts #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Why can I never remember what this word means? What word does your brain refuse to retain? Tell me yours. Maybe together we can be perspicacious about this. https://www.luciefrost.com/ #perspicacious #vocabulary #howthehelldidinotknowthat

If they taught this tip in school, the kids would never get it wrong. #grammar #wordusage #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Valsalva technique - but make it musical? Kind of? Any other body oddities I should know about? And, if I made you try it, drop a 🥸👃🏻nose emoji in the comments. #hum #humming #sciencefacts #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Nauseated. Nauseous. Sure, it’s a purist distinction. But if English insists on giving us both, I want to know why. Apparently curiosity does not get Labor Day off. https://www.luciefrost.com/ #nauseous #wordusage #howthehelldidinotknowthat

In the spirit of back-to-school season: Upmost or utmost? One tiny distinction. An unreasonable amount of confidence on my part. Watch to the end for the outtakes. https://www.luciefrost.com/ #utmost #grammarnerd #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Convince or persuade? Do you know the difference? I was feeling pretty confident. Historically, that is not a good sign. https://www.luciefrost.com/ #persuade #wordusage #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Sometimes these tangents are just so damn interesting. This one? It’s mesmerizing. Did you know this one already, or did I get you too? https://www.luciefrost.com/book #mesmerized #wordorigins #howthehelldidinotknowthat

Today is a two-parter! Apparently English class and I have some unfinished business. For more things that make you say aloud, “HOW THE HELL DID I NOT KNOW THAT?” visit https://www.luciefrost.com #vocabulary #grammarnerd #howthehelldidinotknowthat