Main fact of the day: Bingo in its earliest versions as a carnival amusement was called Beano!

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main@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months ago

“Bingo” was originally a (probably drunken) mis-speaking of “Beano!” for a long-ago Beano winner.

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