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Folklore History Language

Scare Bears

Whatever you do, don’t say—

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Grapevine's Atlas History Language

Five Hundred Years of Orange

Foxes are red, horses are blue.

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Grapevine's Atlas Language

Grass Mud Horse Fuck Your Mother

This is the Chinese government’s least favorite Peruvian ungulate.

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Grapevine's Atlas History Language

Should auld Scots be forgot?

Our one and only New Year’s song is written in a language you may have never heard of.

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Geography Grapevine's Atlas History Language

The Reinvention of Writing

Sequoyah didn’t know how to read; he still taught the Cherokee to write.

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History Language Technology

What Day Is It? (Part II)

We don’t have anything better to do; let’s get deep into “Wednesday”.

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Culture Language Technology

The War on the Frowning Poop Emoji

How the history of our newest linguistic asset led to a serious discussion of fecal emotionality.

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Geography History Language

Ye Olde Thorn

How one forgotten letter (barely) changed the English language forever.