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There’s a Philly Sign Language Accent
The unique signs used by people in Philadelphia hint at the history of sign language in the U.S.
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How Twitching Frog Legs Helped Inspire ‘Frankenstein’
Galvanism sought to reanimate the dead—and in doing so provided the impetus for one of literature’s most famously frightful books
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It Can Take More Than 10 Years of Work to Get a Christmas Tree Ready for Market
Helicopters can speed along the harvest, however
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Yearbook Photos Show How Smiles Have Widened Over the Decades
An analysis of roughly 38,000 high-school senior portraits shows Americans’ frowns turning upside down
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Hundreds of Fake Ads Protest Paris Climate Summit’s Corporate Sponsors
Artists in Paris distributed 600 posters calling out companies’ hypocrisy
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Minecraft Players Are Recreating Scenes From Studio Ghibli Movies
Now gamers can romp around Yubaba’s Bath House and clamber into a Catbus
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A Nine-Year-Old Aspiring Journalist’s Heartwarming Connection with NASA
A popular photography blog helped one kid interview NASA administrator Charles Bolden
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A Hemingway Book Has Hit the Paris Bestseller List After Recent Attacks
A Moveable Feast declares that “there is never any end to Paris”
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The Statue of Liberty Was Originally a Muslim Woman
“The New Colossus” was actually born in Egypt
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The Many Ways to “Dance Your Ph.D”
Once again, researchers get creative in a yearly dance competition to explain their Ph.D. thesis work
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Check Out These Gluten-Free Versions of Famous Paintings
The Gluten-Free Museum pokes fun at the popular diet trend
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In Belgium, Twitter Responds to Terror With Cats
The cuddliest anti-jihadist squad ever
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A Real Nuclear Apocalypse Would Be More Beautiful Than the World of ‘Fallout 4’
It would also be much, much more devastating
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A Brief History of Sesame Street’s Snuffleupagus Identity Crisis
A running joke got canned in response to concern that kids wouldn’t feel safe telling adults hard truths
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Eased Sanctions Could Mean a Comeback for Iranian Caviar
Does this mean tough times for the endangered sturgeon?
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The Most Popular Class at Yale Is From Harvard
Can a computer science course that teaches students how to think help Yale beat Harvard in tomorrow’s game?
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A Gothic Chapel Is Transformed Into a Spectacular Sky
Staring at the ceiling has never been so inspiring
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This Artist Makes Traditional Carpets That Look Like They Were hit by a Software Bug
Faig Ahmed’s Azerbaijani carpets twist and swirl like a bad Photoshop job
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