Christmas Turkeys

• Which Is the Greatest City for Christmas: London or Paris?
• Mall Declares War on Infuriating Christmas-Time Slow Walkers
• What’s the Difference Between a Gift and a Present?
• Wearing an Ugly Holiday Sweater Will Score You This Amazing Airline Perk
• Want Priority Boarding On Your Alaska Airlines Flight This Holiday Season? Wear…

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Language Lessons 1

• Toilet Signs Are Mysterious and Mirth-Inducing
• Finally, Evidence of Just How Much Scientists Love Using Adverbs
• 25 ‘Engrish’ Items That Got Hilariously Lost in Translation
• How to Tell Whether You Have Angst, Ennui or Weltschmerz
• Languages for Which There…

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When the White Men Leave Their Huts

• UK Media Should Stop Peddling Colonial Era Narratives
• The White Man’s Blunders of ‘Explorer’ Benedict Allen Feed Racist Myths
• What’s the Difference Between Explorers, Anthropologists and Tourists?
• British Explorer Benedict Allen ‘Goes Missing in Jungle’ While Searching for Lost Tribe
• Family of British Explore…

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Worth the Weight?

• #WeirdThanks…itions Is the Holiday Hashtag You Never Knew You Needed
• The Most-Googled Thanksgiving Pies and Sides in Every State
• The Cranberry: America’s Founding Fruit
• The Pawpaw: The All-American Fruit the Country Forgot
• U.S. Pumpkin Growers Toast Nontraditional Demand for Frui…

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Clearing up Fall Food

• Sweet Potato or Yam?
• Pumpkins Versus Gourds
• Elephants Vs. Giant Pumpkins
• The Elephants of the Oregon Zoo Gleefully Squish Some Giant Pumpkins to Celebrate the Fall Season
• How Do You Breed a 2,624 Pound Pumpkin?
• Pumpkins Evolved from a Literal Genetic (Monster) Mash-Up
• The Great Pumpkin-Pie Consp…

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Street Smarts

• The U.S. Cities with the Worst Traffic Jams for Their Size
• Understanding Highway Hypnosis
• 20 Things You Didn’t Know about Traffic
• What’s the Difference Between a Street, a Road, and an Avenue?
• If You Drive Down a Stretch of Route 66, the Road Will Play “America the Beautiful”
• Interactive Crossing Light…

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