Fred's Fun Fact: Shotgun!

Find out where the term "shotgun!" came from!

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Speaker 1 (00:44):
So much, so much? Did you know?

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Do you know?

Speaker 1 (00:48):
That's the question. Maybe someone here can do this and
we can just out hit the button. We're done. Do
you know why you say I'm calling shotgun if you
want to sit in the front right seat? Do you
know why the calling a shotgun for the right front
passenger seat comes from a messenger? The original term is
shotgun messenger, and it was a term used to call

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the person who sat next to the driver. These messengers
would act as guards and use a physical shotgun to
prevent criminals from getting too close to the car due
to Hollywood's influence, the term eventually made its way into
our society. But you'd have someone there. I guess you
were like running around telling people something or delivering things,
and you'd have someone right there with a shotgun gosh
to protect you. Wow, so that's what I call it. Then,

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the more you know, see, yeah, you're well more fresh
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