TIL that “G.I.” originally referred to objects made from galvanized iron from WWI on, before it was reinterpretated as "government issue ", and by WWII, applied to American soldiers.

  • XTL@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    It’s two letters. It will have been used for countless things with those initials.

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      3 days ago

      No I’m pretty sure your intestines are your “galvanized iron” tract.

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        2 days ago

        Might explain the noise they make.

        I do know a guy with government issue ones, though. Since the operation.

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          1 day ago

          You fools.

          It’s the general intelligence tract! Don’t you know anything about anatomy?