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- Two Views of a River – Twain https://www.thoughtco.com/two-ways-of-seeing-a-river-by-mark-twain-1688773 5 comments
- George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019) https://www.thoughtco.com/soft-language-euphemism-1692111 385 comments
- The Archaeology and History of Bitumen (2019) https://www.thoughtco.com/bitumen-history-of-black-goo-170085 4 comments
- What Does Science Say About Flying and Fire Breathing Dragons? https://www.thoughtco.com/the-science-behind-flying-and-fire-breathing-dragons-4163130 2 comments
- What is the wavelength of magenta? (2019) https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-wavelength-of-magenta-606166 6 comments
- The Phrase “Kilroy Was Here” (2017) https://www.thoughtco.com/killroy-was-here-4152093 47 comments
- The Tienanmen Square Massacre (2019) https://www.thoughtco.com/the-tiananmen-square-massacre-195216 10 comments
- The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Linguistic Theory https://www.thoughtco.com/sapir-whorf-hypothesis-1691924 10 comments
- Will We Run Out of Helium? https://www.thoughtco.com/will-we-run-out-of-helium-3975959 138 comments
- 20 Years of Adobe Photoshop https://www.thoughtco.com/adobe-photoshop-history-4122594 61 comments
- Edison and the Ghost Machine https://www.thoughtco.com/edison-and-the-ghost-machine-2594017 4 comments
- What Kind of Libertarian Are You? https://www.thoughtco.com/what-kind-of-libertarian-are-you-721655 10 comments goldandblack
- Why Members of the US Congress Do Not Face Term Limits https://www.thoughtco.com/why-no-term-limits-for-congress-3974547 85 comments moderatepolitics
- Astroturf was first used in 1966 for the Houston Astros and was also used for the Houston Oilers the same year for their AFL season. https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-astroturf-1991235#:~:text=In%201966%2C%20the%20Houston%20Astros,removable%20Astroturf%20at%20the%20AstroDome. 44 comments nfl
- S3 bucket question - how many total unique names are possible https://www.thoughtco.com/zeros-in-million-billion-trillion-2312346 11 comments aws
- What Is Eurasia? https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-eurasia-1435090 5 comments europe
- If Melania outlives Donald she gets free stamps https://www.thoughtco.com/presidential-retirement-benefits-3322200 22 comments nottheonion
- The Prime Meridian goes through Africa so it also goes through the other side of the world? https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/4Q7jZbyDMtYcoBFKkrBeaWGZByU=/768x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/0-N-0-W-58d4164b5f9b58468375555d.jpg 7 comments askscience
- If the idea of Neitzsche's Eternal Recurrence is true, this might explain why humans cry when they are born, because we realise we have to live life once more and this endless cycle is a curse. https://www.thoughtco.com/nietzsches-idea-of-the-eternal-recurrence-2670659 25 comments philosophy
- Today, 135 years ago the Berlin Conference officially opened, in which European imperial powers carried out the colonial partition of Africa and eliminated African people's sovereignty over their land. https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/p9flshtmgfq-icr76bc_kkjssi8=/768x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/1406px-kongokonferenz-ef821b69390e477085a22fb184c37724.jpg 285 comments europe
- How the Netherlands Reclaimed Land From the Sea https://www.thoughtco.com/polders-and-dikes-of-the-netherlands-1435535 8 comments europe
- Emperor Meiji of Japan. Obsessed with showing the Europeans that Japan is a great civilization as talented as them, he ordered to make every Japanese man and woman educated. He helped transform a poor and tiny country into a growing superpower https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/m6bl5ofpe4wv_y1j6dnqpsaz8oc=/768x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/emperor_meiji_takahashi_yuichi-5a0c972fec2f64003685cc36.jpg 8 comments europe
- The Complex Philosophy Of Honesty https://www.thoughtco.com/philosophy-of-honesty-2670612 3 comments philosophy
- Just started reading Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt-- Do wars help or hurt the economy? I'm still trying to figure it out. https://www.thoughtco.com/are-wars-good-for-the-economy-1148174 8 comments economy
- Tottenham’s Son will not miss the first leg of the Semifinals against Ajax according to updated UEFA rules https://www.thoughtco.com/champions-league-yellow-card-rule-3557352 35 comments soccer
- If the Amnesty Clause were to return to the NBA, who would you use it on? https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-amnesty-clause-325983 42 comments nba
- The 2018-19 NBA Season: Love & Basket-Balkan https://www.thoughtco.com/where-are-the-balkan-states-4070249 3 comments nba
- Population Decline in Russia - Russia's Population Set to Decline From 143 Million Today to 111 Million in 2050 https://www.thoughtco.com/population-decline-in-russia-1435266 87 comments europe
- Today is "el Día de los Santos Inocentes" - so there could be "prank" news from South American/Latin/Hispanic news sources. It is the equivalent of April Fools Day. Newspapers and TV stations may print or broadcast "news" stories based in humour rather than fact. https://www.thoughtco.com/spains-equivalent-of-april-fools-day-3971893 8 comments soccer
- The Four Cardinal Virtues https://www.thoughtco.com/the-cardinal-virtues-542142 5 comments philosophy
- Deinotherium is an extinct ancestor of elephant and is the second largest land mammal to roam the middles of earth. https://www.thoughtco.com/deinotherium-terrible-mammal-1093190 8 comments science
- ThoughtCo - A Beginner's Guide to Delphi Programming https://www.thoughtco.com/beginners-guide-to-delphi-programming-1057657 3 comments delphi
- Who Uses Welfare and Entitlements? Get the Facts https://www.thoughtco.com/who-really-receives-welfare-4126592?utm_campaign=wilat&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9130460&utm_term= 13 comments economy
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