Grunt Work
Rather sadly, the heatwave at the 2022 Falmouth Worm Charming Championships in Cornwall resulted in only a singular worm being charmed.
Rather sadly, the heatwave at the 2022 Falmouth Worm Charming Championships in Cornwall resulted in only a singular worm being charmed.
How many people do you need in a room to have a good chance that _at least two_ of them share the same birthday?
The romanisation of your last name can give clues to when and where you came from.
As an Australian, your first encounter with Meriton may have been a hotel party in one of their serviced apartments in your late teens. Less well known is its founder and owner, billionaire Harry Oskar Triguboff.
The dark underbelly of truffle flavouring.
The wheel may only have been invented as a functional device once in history.
In history class, the Mesopotamians and Egyptians are often presented as the earliest examples of how access to water is essential for the rise of civilisation.
Everyone and their mum has a "cure" for hiccups. What if I told you that there is actually a well-tested solution?
So dominant was his outdoor record that it stood for 26 years, until 2020.
Wealth taxes are back in the minds of the public in the UK.
Musings of a Child.
How does a rice cooker know when the rice is done?
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One god and reincarnation.
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In chaos, opportunity. That must be what Jim McCormick thought.
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You may have heard that there are numerous words for snow in the Eskimo language.
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Who newt that a newt used to be an ewt?
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The very first printed versions of the Talmud and the Quran were produced in Venice.
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You may have heard of the Moors from history class, or Shakespeare.
"Orbital," written by Samantha Harvey, feels like a short novel inspired by Carl Sagan's quote in Pale Blue Dot.[1] Much like the six characters aboard the International Space Station (ISS), it exudes a floating, ethereal quality. Unfortunately, some of the astronauts' lives feel a
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It's not every day that seven employees of a publicly listed company plead guilty to criminal conspiracy charges.
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A Willy Wonka-esque, psychedelic-tinged novel, painting a picture of a world free from pain and unfulfilled desires.
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If I were paid in cow hides, I would need a shipping container for my monthly salary.
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Silent but deadly.
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Sima Qian was sentenced to death. At the time, this sentence could be commuted by choosing castration, which is what he opted for.