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Mrs. Dear Leader
The “mystery woman” seen with Kim Jong-un recently was the source of international speculation, which all turned out to be wrong. The North Korean leader married “Comrade Ri Sol Ju” a few years ago,...
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35 Modern Words Recently Added to the Dictionary
Getty Images The Oxford English Dictionary is a warehouse of over 600,000 words. Despite this large arsenal, we continue to coin, clip, and blend new words into existence, and the OED folks pump some...
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A Map of American State Stereotypes
This interactive map of the U.S. was constructed using Google’s autocomplete feature. For each state, the search form was filled in with “Why is [insert state] so “ and the autocomplete results were...
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Man Fights to Keep Wife Buried in His Front Yard
James Davis of Alabama fulfilled his wife Patsy’s wish of being buried outside their home, and now, he’s in a fight with the City Council to keep her there: "Good Lord, they’ve raised pigs in their...
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8 Lovely Libraries in Australia and New Zealand
We’ve covered Europe’s, Asia’s, Africa’s, North America’s and South America’s most beautiful libraries; now it’s time to take a look at Australia and, while it isn’t technically a part of the...
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12 Proposed U.S. States That Didn’t Make the Cut
The road to 50 states was littered with wannabes who couldn’t wait to declare themselves—but never quite got to full statehood. Here are 12 states that could have been. 1. Franklin Wikimedia Commons...
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The United States Of Scary Things
Things are mighty scary in these United States, and the scary varies from state to state. These aren’t made up critters that go bump in the night though, these are real things that everyone should be...
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More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About the Sleeping Patterns of Hummingbirds
There are some topics you probably never thought you’d be interested in, including the nocturnal habits of hummingbirds. But there exists a YouTube video that is so fascinating (read: adorable), it...
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From the Attorney General to the Ku Klux Klan: "Kiss My Ass"
In 1970, Bill Baxley, the new Attorney General of the State of Alabama, reopened the investigation of the 1963 bombing of a church in which four little African-American girls died. For doing so, he...
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Cut and Paste Holiday Letter
So you thought the Mayan Apocalypse would bail you out from writing the annual state of the family address inside your Holiday Cards. Well, seeing that you’ve also decided to spend more time on your...
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