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Daily Trivia

Where did the term 'grease monkey' come from?

on Feb 9, 2025

The word "grease monkey" comes from the person (usually a young boy) that would crawl up in the rafters to grease all of the pulleys and belts that ran all of the equipment in a blacksmith shop or machine shop.

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When does the Italian Christmas Feast Occur?

Daily Trivia / December 16, 2025

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