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Real Life Treasure Hunt Hidden in a Book

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Here’s a fact to tell your neighbours or not 😂 #QI #iPlayer

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The Thingification of Words | Semantic Bleaching

What’s the yoke about?   / discord / nakarispeardane https://ko-fi.com/nakari https://www.redbubble.com/people/naka… Etymologies from etymonline + Wiktionary. sorry for my pronunciations lol https://irishenglishisms.home.blog/20… https://qz.com/474671/move-over-shake… https://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/… https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story… “River Fire” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…

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What names do we have in Greenland? Day 21 of 55.

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Art Nouveau

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African Stream | ‘HISTORY OR HIS STORY?’ – RAP PIONEER Many consider him the godfather of rap. Gil-Scott Heron left a permanent mark on poetry, music and culture at large 

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The Long Arc to Scientific Understanding — Live from the Museum of Natural History

How were Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto first discovered? Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the often un-discussed past failures in astrophysics and why “how tall are you?” is an unanswerable question. What is the Earth’s ellipticity? What is the sun’s diameter? How … Continue reading

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The EPIC Story of The World’s CRAZIEST Church! Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia

I love ambitious construction projects, but there is one in particular that has been in work so long, that it now spans old and new. In fact, just looking at it, reveals the different building techniques and eras it came … Continue reading

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Culture Critic  | What are some perfectly preserved medieval towns that are like stepping back in time? Here are a few… 🧵

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Johnny Kalsi 💙 (@johnnykalsi) | A quick walkabout around Global Village and The Floating Market. Dubai

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