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‘Jedi’ Just Got A Dictionary Definition, Which Feels Weird, Given Everything Happening In Star Wars Right Now
Entertainment
1 year ago

‘Jedi’ Just Got A Dictionary Definition, Which Feels Weird, Given Everything Happening In Star Wars Right Now

James Whitbrook
If Pluto Is A Planet, So Am I
Science & Health
2 years ago

If Pluto Is A Planet, So Am I

Ryan F. Mandelbaum
Why Scientists Trained A Seal To Sing The Star Wars Theme
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2 years ago

Why Scientists Trained A Seal To Sing The Star Wars Theme

George Dvorsky
Should We Be Calling Climate Change A ‘Climate Crisis’?
Online
2 years ago

Should We Be Calling Climate Change A ‘Climate Crisis’?

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2 years ago

The Man Behind Game Of Thrones’ Languages Taught Us To Say ‘Release The Snyder Cut’ In High Valyrian

Beth Elderkin
Online
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Game Of Thrones’ David Peterson Discusses Using Language To Help Create The World Of Ice And Fire

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Game Of Thrones Language Builder David Peterson Is Working On Denis Villeneuve’s Dune
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2 years ago

Game Of Thrones Language Builder David Peterson Is Working On Denis Villeneuve’s Dune

Beth Elderkin
How Would You Feel Having Your Emoji Messages Read Out In Court?
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2 years ago

How Would You Feel Having Your Emoji Messages Read Out In Court?

Victoria Song
There’s A Very Good Reason Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’s Spanish Isn’t Subtitled
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2 years ago

There’s A Very Good Reason Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’s Spanish Isn’t Subtitled

Charles Pulliam-Moore
This Dictionary Time Machine Tells You Which Words Were First Printed The Year You Were Born
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2 years ago

This Dictionary Time Machine Tells You Which Words Were First Printed The Year You Were Born

Andrew Liszewski
Julian Assange Needs Translator Fluent In ‘Australian’ For Lawsuit Against Ecuador
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2 years ago

Julian Assange Needs Translator Fluent In ‘Australian’ For Lawsuit Against Ecuador

Matt Novak
Toddlers And Chimpanzees Share A Surprising Unspoken Language
Online
2 years ago

Toddlers And Chimpanzees Share A Surprising Unspoken Language

George Dvorsky
Google Assistant Is Actually Bilingual Now
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3 years ago

Google Assistant Is Actually Bilingual Now

Sam Rutherford
J.R.R. Tolkien On Building Languages: ‘Elvish Is Too Complicated’
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3 years ago

J.R.R. Tolkien On Building Languages: ‘Elvish Is Too Complicated’

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Qapla’! Duolingo’s Klingon Course Is Finally Here
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3 years ago

Qapla’! Duolingo’s Klingon Course Is Finally Here

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Black Panther’s Dialect Coach Brilliantly Explains Why Wakanda’s Accents Sound So Different
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3 years ago

Black Panther’s Dialect Coach Brilliantly Explains Why Wakanda’s Accents Sound So Different

Charles Pulliam-Moore
10 Of The Silliest Star Wars Names For Real-World Objects
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3 years ago

10 Of The Silliest Star Wars Names For Real-World Objects

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Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked Freaky 600-Year-Old Voynich Manuscript
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3 years ago

Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked Freaky 600-Year-Old Voynich Manuscript

George Dvorsky
The Fascinating History Of 10 Extra Letters The English Alphabet Used To Have
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3 years ago

The Fascinating History Of 10 Extra Letters The English Alphabet Used To Have

Andrew Liszewski
Language Is Illogical And Resistance Is Futile
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3 years ago

Language Is Illogical And Resistance Is Futile

Jaime Green
Learning A New Language In Virtual Reality
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3 years ago

Learning A New Language In Virtual Reality

Rae Johnston
Disney’s Moana Is Connecting A Generation Of Young New Zealanders To Their Maori Heritage
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3 years ago

Disney’s Moana Is Connecting A Generation Of Young New Zealanders To Their Maori Heritage

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Origin Of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought
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3 years ago

Origin Of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought

George Dvorsky
US Department Of Agriculture Administrators Advise Staff To Avoid ‘Climate Change’ And Other Accurate Terms
Online
4 years ago

US Department Of Agriculture Administrators Advise Staff To Avoid ‘Climate Change’ And Other Accurate Terms

Rhett Jones
Researchers Are Sorry They Used ‘Derpy’ In A Research Paper
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4 years ago

Researchers Are Sorry They Used ‘Derpy’ In A Research Paper

Rhett Jones
Merriam-Webster Uses Apple Fans To Define ‘Sheeple’ 
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Merriam-Webster Uses Apple Fans To Define ‘Sheeple’ 

Rhett Jones
Icelanders Worry That Voice Commands Will Kill Their Native Language
Online
4 years ago

Icelanders Worry That Voice Commands Will Kill Their Native Language

Rhett Jones
The Real Life Languages Behind Dothraki, Klingon And Na’vi
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The Real Life Languages Behind Dothraki, Klingon And Na’vi

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5 Cool Skills To Pick Up On A Lunch Break
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5 Cool Skills To Pick Up On A Lunch Break

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An Actual Blacksmith Explains Why You Should Strike While The Iron Is Hot
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An Actual Blacksmith Explains Why You Should Strike While The Iron Is Hot

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This Tiny Coin Contains A Microscopic Archive Of 1,000 Different Languages
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4 years ago

This Tiny Coin Contains A Microscopic Archive Of 1,000 Different Languages

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How Would We Even Make First Contact With Aliens?
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How Would We Even Make First Contact With Aliens?

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Grown-Arse Dogs Don’t Care About Your Stupid Baby Talk
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Grown-Arse Dogs Don’t Care About Your Stupid Baby Talk

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This Simulation Of A Monkey Speaking Is The Stuff Of Nightmares
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This Simulation Of A Monkey Speaking Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

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How Arrival Turned Linguistics Into One Of The Most Gripping Dramas Of The Year
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4 years ago

How Arrival Turned Linguistics Into One Of The Most Gripping Dramas Of The Year

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How The Vulgarity Of South Park Changed Television
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How The Vulgarity Of South Park Changed Television

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10 Apps To Help You Learn A New Language
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10 Apps To Help You Learn A New Language

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Movie Titles Translated Into A Foreign Language And Then Translated Back To English Are Hilarious
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Movie Titles Translated Into A Foreign Language And Then Translated Back To English Are Hilarious

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Why Americans And The British Spell English Words Differently
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Why Americans And The British Spell English Words Differently

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Why This Arctic Language Doesn’t Use An Alphabet
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Why This Arctic Language Doesn’t Use An Alphabet

Bryan Menegus
Oxford English Dictionary Adds ‘Oompa Loompa’ And Other Tributes To Author Roald Dahl 
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Oxford English Dictionary Adds ‘Oompa Loompa’ And Other Tributes To Author Roald Dahl 

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Dogs Can Tell When You Don’t Really Mean What You Say
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Dogs Can Tell When You Don’t Really Mean What You Say

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Here Are Some Words That Seem Like They Should Be Related But Actually Aren’t At All
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Here Are Some Words That Seem Like They Should Be Related But Actually Aren’t At All

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Tony Abbott Would Approve Of The Oxford Dictionary’s Latest Addition
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Tony Abbott Would Approve Of The Oxford Dictionary’s Latest Addition

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‘Scooby Snack’ Added To Oxford English Dictionary, Presumably After Bribe Of Scooby Snacks
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5 years ago

‘Scooby Snack’ Added To Oxford English Dictionary, Presumably After Bribe Of Scooby Snacks

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A Compelling Argument On The Correct Way To Pronounce ‘GIF’
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A Compelling Argument On The Correct Way To Pronounce ‘GIF’

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15 Common English Words That You Probably Didn’t Know Were Still Trademarked
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15 Common English Words That You Probably Didn’t Know Were Still Trademarked

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Why Does The Letter Q Almost Always Go With U?

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Hilarious Tour Guide Teaches You To Speak Italian With Your Hands

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New Brain Map Shows Where Words Are Stored Inside Your Head
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New Brain Map Shows Where Words Are Stored Inside Your Head

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Words That Were Invented Because We Actually Just Got Them Wrong
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Words That Were Invented Because We Actually Just Got Them Wrong

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5 Fun Stories About The Origin Of Words And Other Common Phrases
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How Far Back In Time Could You Travel And Still Understand English?
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How Far Back In Time Could You Travel And Still Understand English?

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Why Does English Have So Many Words That Mean The Same Thing?
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Why Does English Have So Many Words That Mean The Same Thing?

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Death, Cancer, Forced Labour: A Celebration Of Apple’s Deranged Metaphors 
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Death, Cancer, Forced Labour: A Celebration Of Apple’s Deranged Metaphors 

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Google Translate Now Works With 13 More Languages
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Google Translate Now Works With 13 More Languages

Chris Mills
A New AI Can Write Convincing Political Speeches
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A New AI Can Write Convincing Political Speeches

Jamie Condliffe
Why Do Animals Make Different Sounds In Different Languages?
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Why Do Animals Make Different Sounds In Different Languages?

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Fun Word Origin Stories That Are Hiding In Plain Sight
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Fun Word Origin Stories That Are Hiding In Plain Sight

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This Neural Net Describes The City It Sees In Real-Time
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This Neural Net Describes The City It Sees In Real-Time

Jamie Condliffe
An Online Dictionary Plans To Catalogue A Million Emerging English Words
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An Online Dictionary Plans To Catalogue A Million Emerging English Words

Maddie Stone
How Did Language Begin?
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How Did Language Begin?

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The 20 Most Common English Words Almost Form A Coherent Sentence
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The 20 Most Common English Words Almost Form A Coherent Sentence

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A Campaign To Bring Back Accent Marks Is Sweeping The Internet
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Maddie Stone
Do Animals Have Their Own Language And Can They Talk To Each Other?
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Do Animals Have Their Own Language And Can They Talk To Each Other?

Casey Chan
Sperm Whale Clans Speak Different Dialects
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Sperm Whale Clans Speak Different Dialects

Maddie Stone
Where Do The Days Of The Week Get Their Names From?
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Where Do The Days Of The Week Get Their Names From?

Casey Chan
RIP LOL
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RIP LOL

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Watson Can Now Identify The Attitude In Your Writing
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Watson Can Now Identify The Attitude In Your Writing

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Have All Your Avos In A Row? Or How To Speak Aussie English
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Have All Your Avos In A Row? Or How To Speak Aussie English

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How People Swear Across The US, Mapped
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How People Swear Across The US, Mapped

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Where Did The Word OK Come From And What Does It Actually Mean?
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Where Did The Word OK Come From And What Does It Actually Mean?

Casey Chan
Video Explains The Origin And Evolution Of The Word ‘Dude’
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Video Explains The Origin And Evolution Of The Word ‘Dude’

Casey Chan
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Why Google Translate Will (Probably) Always Suck

Chris Mills
US Supreme Court: Online Threats Aren’t A Crime Unless You Really Meant It
Online
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US Supreme Court: Online Threats Aren’t A Crime Unless You Really Meant It

Kate Knibbs
Emojis Are Becoming The Dominant Language Of Instagram
Online
6 years ago

Emojis Are Becoming The Dominant Language Of Instagram

Maddie Stone
6 Sites And Apps To Help You Learn A Language For Free
Online
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6 Sites And Apps To Help You Learn A Language For Free

David Nield
How To Declare Your Confusion In Relation To Another Language — Anywhere
Online
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How To Declare Your Confusion In Relation To Another Language — Anywhere

Jamie Condliffe
Super-Clever Animation Is Filled With Idioms Brought To Life
Online
6 years ago

Super-Clever Animation Is Filled With Idioms Brought To Life

Casey Chan
What’s Your Favourite Olde Timey Slang?
Online
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What’s Your Favourite Olde Timey Slang?

Matt Novak
How To Travel Internationally For The Very First Time
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How To Travel Internationally For The Very First Time

Wes Siler
Is The Innanet RUINING Teh English Language??? ¯(°_o)/¯
Online
6 years ago

Is The Innanet RUINING Teh English Language??? ¯(°_o)/¯

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Can Dogs Really Understand Humans? The Scientific Answer
Online
6 years ago

Can Dogs Really Understand Humans? The Scientific Answer

Jesus Diaz
How English Describes Colour Vs How Chinese Describes Colour
Online
6 years ago

How English Describes Colour Vs How Chinese Describes Colour

Casey Chan
How To Detect When Someone Is Lying Just By The Way They Talk
Online
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How To Detect When Someone Is Lying Just By The Way They Talk

Omar Kardoudi
Letters, Ranked (By Futurists Of 1900)
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Letters, Ranked (By Futurists Of 1900)

Matt Novak
This Is How You Talk Australian (NSFW)
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7 years ago

This Is How You Talk Australian (NSFW)

Logan Booker
The Untold History Of How Autocorrect Came To Be
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The Untold History Of How Autocorrect Came To Be

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The World’s Offensive Place Names, Mapped
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The World’s Offensive Place Names, Mapped

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Please Stop Calling Everything A ‘Hack’
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Please Stop Calling Everything A ‘Hack’

Ashley Feinberg
Proof That The English Language Is Crazy And Makes No Sense
Online
7 years ago

Proof That The English Language Is Crazy And Makes No Sense

Casey Chan
Where The F-Word Comes From
Online
7 years ago

Where The F-Word Comes From

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Over 120 Science Journal Papers Pulled For Being Total Gibberish
Online
7 years ago

Over 120 Science Journal Papers Pulled For Being Total Gibberish

Ashley Feinberg
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7 years ago

Jimmy Fallon Shows Us (Again) How Dumb We Sound When We Use Hashtags

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How The Colours Got Their Names
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How The Colours Got Their Names

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What Words Were Invented The Year You Were Born?
Online
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What Words Were Invented The Year You Were Born?

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Dear Samsung: A ‘Fonblet’ Is Not A Thing
Online
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Dear Samsung: A ‘Fonblet’ Is Not A Thing

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How Google Has Turned Language Translation Into A Maths Problem
Online
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How Google Has Turned Language Translation Into A Maths Problem

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Language Nerds Try Using Space Images To Make Latin Cool Again
Online
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Language Nerds Try Using Space Images To Make Latin Cool Again

Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK
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