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In case you weren't obsessively refreshing mentalfloss.com all week, here's what you missed:
1. 13 Little-Known Punctuation Marks We Should Be Using, by Adrienne Crezo
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2. Alternate Histories: 7 More Ways the World Could Be Completely Different, by Mark Juddery
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3. Your Favorite Authors Are Frauds: 6 Famous Ghostwriters, by Stacy Conradt
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4. 11 Bizarre Beauty Contraptions That Promised to Improve Your Looks, by Adrienne Crezo
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5. 15 Offbeat Holidays You Can Celebrate in October, by Laura Turner Garrison
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6. 22 Fantastic Vintage Photos of People Taking Naps, by Erin McCarthy
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7. Was Manhattan Really Bought for $24?, by Matt Soniak
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8. The Craziest Myths the MythBusters Have Tackled, According to the MythBusters, by Erin McCarthy
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9. 10 Legendary Monsters of Europe, by Miss Cellania
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10. How the Neighborhoods of Manhattan Got Their Names, by Laura Turner Garrison
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11. Don’t Look Down! Messing with Visitors to the Space Needle, by Jill Harness