re: The origin of certain last names is fascinating

Have you ever thought about why there are so many people with the last name Smith and Baker? Well, upon conquering a town, the blacksmiths and bakers were actually useful to you, so you killed everyone else and spared them. There’s a reason you don’t meet anyone with the last name Warrior.

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Or Politician

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Yup

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I have a lifetime of interesting tidbits. Too bad I can't spend them.

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Spend your tidbits here... what's another interesting thing? Please no Chlamydia infested koalas, that's actually been done already.

Someone posted recently how paperwasps can recognize and remember faces, that was certainly interesting.

What else ya got? I could use something lighter before tucking in for the night- too much doom scrolling today.

It supposedly is impossible to keep your eyes open while sneezing.

Careful. Don't want to blow out a retina.

I wish I was as high as you.
I think.

Guerrero is the Spanish version of Warrior.

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But I guess they figured ‘Mountbatten-Windsor’ sounded more posh

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I'm more interested in the British Royal Family having no surname.

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Whwn you marry your cousin, sir names become mute out of cinvineience.

I thought they were named Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, from Edward VII’s father’s line. Queen Victoria was a Hanover but due to patrilineal succession, the house changed from Hanover to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and then Windsor.