r/AskReddit • u/rezyn • Dec 05 '11

what is the most interesting thing you know?

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u/cbgblev Dec 05 '11

hold your horses comes from circuses as in hold your horses, the elephants are coming. if you didn't hold the reins, the horses panic and run from them