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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...
David Murdock Column: On when the familiar becomes unfamiliar
The Gadsden Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt all started innocently enough. It wasn’t one single thing that did it, either, but rather a...
8 Books That’ll Challenge, Deepen, And Change Everything You Know About Video Games
Kotaku via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoBooks about video games can be enchanting and inspiring, and as easy to dive into as the immersive...
17 Nightmare-Inducing Stories About Oceans, Lakes, And More Straight From Wikipedia
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf you're one of the millions who suffer from thalassophobia (i.e. the intense fear of deep bodies...
Baptist missionary described early 1800 Sangamon County as one of the 'most flourishing'
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn the early 1800s, John Mason Peck traveled widely in Missouri and Illinois as a Baptist...
“He is the Beatles’ first historian”: Why road manager Mal Evans meant so much to the Fab Four
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Beatles on their way to a memorial service for their manager Brian Epstein Clive Limpkin/Daily...
Scientists made a claw machine from a dead spider
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA muse. What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s...
19 Clever Details You Might've Missed From "Black Panther" That Prove It's Still One Of The Best...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWe finally got our first look at Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at San Diego Comic-Con, and I'm...
"Heroes in a half shell": The tactile appeal of the original "Ninja Turtles" toys can't be beat
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images In 1987, when "Teenage Mutant Ninja...
The mysterious sickness that made a million of people fall asleep at once
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRoutine sleepiness is one thing—but sleeping sickness is on a whole new level. What’s the weirdest...