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38 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent

Sometimes we must turn to other languages to find the perfect word.

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At the Libraries: Well-Read Cities

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Extreme Kentucky Derby Hats

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New Study Finds that Ladies (and Gentlemen!) Love Beards

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10 More Lesser-Known Names for Baby Animals

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Trailer Thursday: Men of Iron and Ice. No George R.R. Martin required.

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The Missing Links: Movies That Aren't Quite Over Yet

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Arrested Development II

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To Great Lengths: 7 Historic Cures for Impotence

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WATCH: The World's Smallest Movie, Starring ... Atoms

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17 Web Toys for Your Procrastination Pleasure

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The 11 Most-Watched Television Trials

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Watch Out for Lorry

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What the Heck is Going On With This Ice?

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5 Questions: All About the Benjamins

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A Share of the Empire State Building

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41 of History's Weirdest Pets

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10 Case Reports of Cotard’s Delusion

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Why CERN is Recreating the First Web Page

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5 Writers with Gender-Bending Pseudonyms

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)