7 Illustrative Facts About Pictionary
(via Mental Floss) Ever since it was introduced in 1985, Pictionary has been a party game that requires artistic ambition
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Language
Language is how we think. That’s scary.
More Than 80 Cultures Still Speak in Whistles
(via Smithsonian) Dozens of traditional cultures use a whistled form of their native language for long-distance communication. You could, too.
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9 Intriguing Facts About Edgar Allan Poe
(via Mental Floss) Today, Edgar Allan Poe is regarded as the godfather of the Gothic horror literary genre. His intense
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The 20 Most Spoken Languages in the World
(via Mental Floss) Every year, Ethnologue mines the data on more than 7000 languages to find out which ones are
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14 Latin Words Hiding in Plain Sight
(via mental_floss) According to some estimates, 60 percent of its vocabulary ultimately comes from the Latin language. English’s Latin derivatives come
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Top 10 Victorian Era Crime Solving Techniques
(via Listverse)The Victorian Era spanned the length of Queen Victoria’s reign in England, lasting from 1837-1901. This age in English
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Maine Grade-Schoolers Wrote a Pandemic-Inspired Novel, and Stephen King Is Paying for Its Publication
(via Mental Floss) As a lifelong Mainer who sets most of his stories in his home state, Stephen King’s literary
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Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Oxford University
(via Listverse) Oxford University is one of the greatest universities in the world, topping the world rankings in 2017, 2018,
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A Town Named ‘Zzyzx’ in California
(via Amusing Planet) Before Zzyzx became Zzyzx, it was called the Soda Springs, because of the presence of a natural
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7 Illustrative Facts About Pictionary
(via Mental Floss) Ever since it was introduced in 1985, Pictionary has been a party game that requires artistic ambition
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10 Weird Place Names And The Stories Behind Them
(via Listverse) The world is full of places with names that would have most of us struggling to stifle laughter.
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Top 10 Fascinating Facts About Lithuania
(via Listverse) Wedged between Poland, Belarus and Latvia, the northeastern Europe nation of Lithuania may, at first, seem easy to
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