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Before Wikipedia, there was the Oxford English Dictionary, a Victorian era crowdsourcing project
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAntiquarian copies of The New English Dictionary Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images...
The People Who Created Our Dictionary Have Been Largely Forgotten—Until Now
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn excerpt from Dictionary People investigates the story of amateurs collaborating alongside the...
Encyclopedia Britannica plots $1bn stock market listing
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoEncyclopædia Britannica is preparing to join the US stock market with a hoped-for $1bn (£850m)...
A brief history of Esperanto, the 135-year-old language of peace hated by Hitler and Stalin alike
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn Esperanto teacher instructs a class in a room with a painting of the language's creator on the...
Voices: Here’s what the Tory leadership candidates are getting wrong about ‘woke’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere’s something deeply depressing about the Tory leadership contest. No, I’m not talking about the...
13 Common Things You Never Knew Had Actually Hilarious Real Names
MediaFeed via AOL· 1 week agoBelieve it or not, most of these items have names. It’s just that very few people are aware of that....
David Murdock Column: On spring cleaning with sleuths and stories
The Gadsden Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAs I write the column this week, it’s still “officially” winter, but not for long. The weather...
The Scientists Who Cracked Google Translate for Whale Sounds
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTom MustillThe global mecca for whale-watching, Monterey Bay, is a short drive from the epicenter of...
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’: Meet the Real-Life Na’vi Community
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Indigenous blue humanoids of James Cameron’s Pandora have inspired a community of people who’ve...
It's Definitely Fishy, but What Exactly Does Being 'Catfished' Mean?
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPlus, signs that someone is catfishing you. A little over a decade ago, the population was...