March 30, 2009
Useless Knowledge
In old Siam (today’s Thailand), white elephants were so rare that they were automatically the property of the emperor. To punish people, the emperor would give them a white elephant, because while they had to care for it, they were forbidden to ride or work it. Hence, the modern term for something totally useless: a white elephant.
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3 comments:
Thats very interesting thank you for that.. I love to learn new things...:)
not only pictures of cute kids, but educational too. is there anything you can't do?
I don't find that useless at all! I love finding the origins of the things we say!
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