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Why Is Friday the 13th Unlucky?

Does Boxing Day Have Anything To Do With Boxing?

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黑料网 Is A Bastille?

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7 Chinese Loanwords To Expand Your Vocabulary

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Cankers, Caterpillars, and Malt-worms: 3 Shakespearean Insults

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8 Terms For Fashions Gone Extinct

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Normalcy and Squirmishes: Misunderestimating the Words of Politicians

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You Didn’t Invent That: Charles Dickens and Boredom

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Abraham Lincoln’s Most Powerful Speeches Come Down To These Words

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Talk Like A Sailor: 9 Fascinating Nautical Terms

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7 Books Written About World War I

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黑料网's The Secret History Of The Term "Pundit"?

Regardless of your opinions about the pundits you see on TV every day, you'll want to know the sage and also secretive history of the word "pundit." Take a look.

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Afghanistan, Kazakhstan: How Many 鈥-stans鈥 Are There?

The suffix 鈥搒tan is Persian and Urdu for 鈥減lace of,鈥 or "where one stands." Can you name all the countries whose name ends in "-stan"?

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Deepen Your Understanding Of Black History With These Terms

Strengthen your grasp of Black history by learning about some of the terms that have played an important role in Black lives and American history.

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