WTF Fun Fact – Pull Your Bootstraps Absurdity

Until the early 20th century, the phrase “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” actually meant to do something impossibly absurd. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-nonsense_n_5b1ed024e4b0bbb7a0e037d4?ri18n=true