There are millions of words in languages and it is impossible to know every one of them. Even linguists, writers, and literary critics whose main object in their work is words and language didn’t memorize whole dictionaries. There are words that you would expect others to know, because they are just common sense knowledge. But […]
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“Awww, look at the cute little floof! What’s its name?” We’ve all been overwhelmed with fuzzy feelings at some point in our lives when we see someone’s pet that’s too cute to be real. And we just can’t wait to find out more about them! But when we ask for their name, we expect something […]
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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an iconic British horror director whose influence on the horror genre is second only to a small handful of even bigger icons like Stephen King and Wes Craven. Hitchcock is considered “the master of suspense” and pioneered filmmaking techniques that are still widely used. He directed over 50 films and […]
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In the late 70s someone started terrorizing the small town of Circleville, Ohio by spreading gossip and revealing the townspeople’s sexual secrets through the mail. It was a very analog Gossip Girl, but with divorce, murder and false imprisonment. The identity of the Circleville writer is one of the most bizarre mysteries in true crime […]
Continue readingI felt like prey “He was a customer I was helping out. Honestly there was nothing that really stood out with him. He was handsome, but in a normal way. He dressed normal. Talked normal. Was blandly friendly, as you are with strangers. Just a normal upper-middle class type guy. The only thing that really […]
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Three years ago, my mom lost the job she’d had for 35 years as a dental hygienist in my hometown. When she called to tell me she’d been let go, her voice was automatic, like the words were marching out of her mouth and she was trying to get out of the way. Cuts, she said. […]
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‘Under new management’ are probably the worst words to see written at the entrance of your favorite souvlaki place, bringing uncertainty as to whether the new owners or people who were appointed to run the place will have maintained an equal level of quality that you, as a dedicated customer, are used to. And it […]
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SAVE $120: Walmart has the 40mm PRODUCT(RED) Apple Watch Series 6 on sale for just $279 as of June 22 — that’s 30% off its suggested retail price of $399. Walmart’s rivaling Prime Day sale is really holding its own this year, especially in the Apple department. Don’t believe us? Look no further than the […]
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Dean Simonton, a researcher from the University of California at Davis, created a system to estimate presidential IQs. He based each score off of the leader’s intellectual brilliance and openness. On average, most of the presidential IQs fall somewhere around 130. However, some IQ scores fall below that average. And some are higher than the […]
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I love typing, but I have zero creative writing ability. ZERO. I’ve blogged before, but it usually means sitting for hours at my computer with a few clumsy sentences written and no ideas for how to proceed. When I got pregnant with my first child, I wanted to take something I knew I was really […]
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