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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The Long History of the Marbled Composition Book
(via Mental Floss) For jotting down notes, sketching elaborate monster rampages over cities, or just capturing your thoughts, people love
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21 Words We Owe to Shakespeare (And 4 We Don’t)
(via Mental Floss) No high school English curriculum is complete without a mandatory dose of William Shakespeare. As contemporary speakers
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18 Novel Facts About War and Peace
(via Mental Floss) Leo Tolstoy‘s epic novel—featuring hundreds of characters, numerous plot threads, and a battle sequence that lasts more
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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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A Brief History of Presidential Memoirs
(via Smithsonian) Next week, the first volume of Barack Obama’s presidential memoirs, A Promised Land, hits bookstores. Will it be
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How a Tiny Indian Publisher Brings a World of Comics to Tamil Readers
(via Atlas Obscura) A four-person team translates Italian, French, and English comics into a language spoken by 70 million people.
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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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The Story of the Teacher Who Integrated New York Transit
(via Atlas Obscura) In 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was forcibly kicked off a horsecar. Her fight changed the city.
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The Long History of the Marbled Composition Book
(via Mental Floss) For jotting down notes, sketching elaborate monster rampages over cities, or just capturing your thoughts, people love
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7 Best-Selling 19th Century Female Novelists You’ve Never Heard Of
(via Mental Floss) When you think of 19th-century women’s literature, it’s likely you automatically think of the Brontë sisters, Jane
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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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