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Where Did "Shit Hits The Fan" Come From? by Artsjournal

The true origins of the expression "shit hits the fan" are largely undetermined, though some sources suggest that Canada is to blame"it might have come from particularly picturesque Canadian military language of the early twentieth century. Another suggestion is that the idiom is descended from "an old joke." " JSTOR

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 9:12pm on June 5, 2020

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