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AMAZING FACTS
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ENTERTAINMENT
LITERATURE
MOVIES
MUSIC
POP CULTURE
TV
GEOGRAPHY
MAPS
WANDERLUST
HISTORY
HOLIDAYS
THANKSGIVING
CHRISTMAS
LANGUAGE
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Why We All Tap Our Feet to Music—Even if We Don’t Realize We’re Doing It
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A Brief History of Christmas Pudding, Britain’s Imperial Dessert
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8 Words That Are Only Used in One Weirdly Specific Context
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6 Old-Fashioned Compliments That Are Used as Insults Now
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11 Tasty Regional Thanksgiving Food Words
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How “No Worries” Became Everyone’s Go-To Phrase
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Where Does the Term “Gaudy” Come From?
HISTORY
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5 Misconceptions About Antarctica, Debunked
8 Places on Earth Where Nature Breaks the Rules
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