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de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

In a 1917 letter to Winston Churchill, Admiral John Fisher used the phrase "O.M.G."

The Green Bay Packers got their name in 1919 after the Indian Packing Company gave the team $500 to buy equipment.

Karate’s black belt came out of thrift rather than choice— it was cheaper to dye the same belt again and again rather than replace it six times.

Medieval Japanese samurai burned incense in their helmets so that if they were decapitated in battle, their head would smell sweet.