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A SARCAST is a person who is adept at sarcasm.
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Word of the Day: VOCABLES - words that convey sound, such as ‘lalala’ or ‘dum-de-dum’, or meanings that make sense within a particular culture, such as ‘uh-huh’ or ‘uh-oh’.
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Word of the day: LOVE-DARG (19th century Scots) - a task you do for someone, not because you want to, but because you love them
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At one point in the 1990s, 50% of all CDs produced were promotional AOL CDs.
(Image: Jeran Renz.)
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"There is no cause for concern. We're way past that now. If you're not at least feeling mild terror then you haven't been paying attention." JOSEPH FINK and JEFFREY CRANOR
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If all the Birds Eye waffles sold in a year were stacked up, they would be 474 times higher than Mount Everest.
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Scientists found a new state of matter in 2019 by squeezing potassium until it became both liquid and solid at the same time.
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The centre of the galaxy tastes of raspberries.
(Image: ESO/Y. Beletsky; CC BY.)
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In 2009, Irish police wrote more than 50 tickets to "Prawo Jazdy".
Prawo Jazdy is Polish for "driving licence".
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Scientists have developed 13-millimetre artificial fish which can tow 5kg of material, heal themselves, and collect microplastics from the sea as they swim.
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How to dress for the gym in 1895…
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Earl Tupper, Tupperware inventor, also tried to make drip-free ice cream and a fish propelled boat. (Image: Archive Center, NMAH)
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"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy." DOROTHY PARKER
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About one quarter of all adults will never have a headache in their life.
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Youngest siblings tend to think they're the funniest in the family.
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If you have a song stuck in your head before you go to sleep, you are much more likely to sleep poorly.
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Physicists at Cornell University have proposed that there is a second, twin Universe, a mirror image of our own, that is running backwards in time.
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All British cows must have passports.
1044
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Ever suffer from restaurant menu anxiety? Astronauts on the International Space Station have 200 meal options, but they have to decide what they will want for the whole trip before they go up.
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Ever wondered why the F and J on your keyboard have little bumps on them? #QI
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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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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: BLELLUM (Scottish) – someone who is all talk and no action
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Word of the day: SWAGE (Scots) - to sit back and let a good meal digest
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Word of the Day: BARKITECTURE — the art of designing the exterior and interior of a house based on the needs of your dog.
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