There was a month-long plague in 1518 called Dance Fever. This phenomenon describes people dancing themselves to death for no reason. Hundreds of people were affected by this phenomenon which continues to be unexplained until today.
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The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
“Kuchisabishii” is Japanese for unconscious eating. It describes the act of eating when you’re not hungry because your mouth is “lonely.”
In Japanese, the word “kuchisabishii” describes eating not because you’re hungry but because your mouth is lonely.
The original name of Microsoft Windows was “Interface Manager”. In 1981, Microsoft began the development of a program called “Interface Manager”. Most people won’t recognise that name because Interface Manager became Windows in 1983. Microsoft released Windows 1.0 in 1985, and it’s now the most common operating system in the world. It’s hard to believe the OS would be successful with its original name. Interface Manager perfectly describes what Windows would become. In the marketing department, making that name sound interesting or useful would have been impossible. Everyone recognises Windows, and millions of computers run on Windows 10 today. Interface Manager should be considered a work-in-progress name and something best left in the past.