The gift helped commercialize the “talking board,” and paved the way for future models.

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We give you an obscure word with four definitions—one correct, three made up. Can you identify the correct one?
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We ran the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translated them back into English. Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it?
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You didn’t have to be out casting spells and stirring bubbling cauldrons in the dead of night to be at risk of being labeled a witch in the 1600s. Would you have been one of the accused?
Both are places where we bury the dearly departed, and the words are often used interchangeably. But that hasn’t always been the case.