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America’s last remaining washboard factory sells 40 percent of its products to bluegrass and folk percussionists.
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Word of the day: GLÉO-DREÁM (Old English) - the joy brought by listening to music
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The average number of meetings a worker has per day has doubled since 2020.
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‘There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, “Do trousers matter?”’
‘The mood will pass, sir.’
P. G. WODEHOUSE
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Word of the day: ROKJESDAG (Dutch) - literally "skirt day", the first day of spring where it is warm enough to wear skirts
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Drinking tea made Britons in the 1700s healthier.
Since tea used boiled water, increased tea drinking reduced mortality from water-borne diseases.
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A wheeple is an ineffectual attempt to whistle loudly.
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Word of the day: FINGER-FUMBLER n. the equivalent of a ‘tongue-twister’ in sign language, i.e. a phrase that is difficult to sign correctly.
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Word of the day: GRÜBELSUCHT - to obsessively question simple or obvious facts, literally ‘ponder mania’.
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In 2012, rapper 2 Chainz wanted to sample from Tom Lehrer's 1953 song "The Old Dope Peddler".
When Lehrer wrote back granting permission, he ended the letter "My regards go out to Mr. Chainz. And may I call him 2?"
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The 17th century equivalent for ‘Go to hell!’ was ‘Turd in your teeth!’
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The Aubudon Society released official guidance for what counts as a "birb", a "borb" and a "floof": audubon.org/news/whats-dif…
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Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true. HOMER SIMPSON
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Word of the day: NEMOPHILIOUS - fond of frequenting the woods
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Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible. RICHARD FEYNMAN
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Phrase of the Day: PRODUCTIVITY THEATRE — when your colleague behaves in a way that seems to suggest they work very hard while in fact this might not be the case.
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Since 1278, Andorra has been ruled by two co-princes: the head of France and the Bishop of Urgell in Spain. Until 1993, in odd-numbered years Andorra paid about £353 to France; and in even-numbered years gave a tribute to the Spanish of £9, six hams, six cheeses and 12 hens.
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Seals regulate their body temperature by keeping their heads and tails off the cold wet floor, in what is known as the ‘banana pose’. 📷: Ibex73
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"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special." STEPHEN HAWKING
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Earlier this year, an invisible sculpture was sold for $18,030. Artist Salvatore Garau says his work should ‘activate the power of the imagination’.
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One of the nicknames given to the yellow-rumped warbler is ‘butterbutt’.
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When the 83-year-old historian, sociologist and civil rights activist, W.E.B Du Bois was indicted by the FBI as a foreign agent in 1951, Albert Einstein offered to stand as a character witness and the case was dropped.
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Word of the Day: URINATOR (17th century) — someone who dives under water.
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Death rate drop during economic downturns.
People drive less and get into fewer accidents, leading to cleaner air. People also have less money to spend on cigarettes and alcohol.
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‘Lord’ comes from a combination of Old English words for ‘loaf’ and ‘ward’, so, etymologically speaking, a lord is someone who guards bread. ‘Lady’ comes from a combination of Old English words for ‘loaf’ and ‘kneader’, so a lady is someone who kneads bread. (h/t @yvanspijk)
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