In case you weren’t obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all week, here’s what you missed:

1. The Nautical Roots of 9 Common Phrases, by Mark Longo
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2. 9 Tasty Foods Named After People, by Ethan Trex
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3. Run Your Life With Flowcharts! by Miss Cellania
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4. 7 False Acronyms, by David K. Israel
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5. Why Are Barns Usually Red? by Matt Soniak
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6. 6 Multi-Purpose Wonder Bras, by Linda Rodriguez
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7. Strange Geographies: Village Life in Vanuatu, by Ransom Riggs
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8. The Quick 10: 10 Lesser-Known Celebrity Couples, by Stacy Conradt
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9. 7 More Examples of Owners Behaving Badly, by Ethan Trex
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10. 11 Very Important Things to Know About Cider, by Erika Janik

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