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Every British swear word has been officially ranked in order of offensiveness(tags:swearing language offensive )'Godzilla' was a metaphor for Hiroshima, and Hollywood whitewashed it (by cutting twenty minutes from the original film)(tags:Godzilla movies nuclearweapons history censorship )Why Wikipedia Decided to Stop Calling Fox a 'Reliable' Source ( Read more... )

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Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC (tags: politics money usa ) Monty Hall and the game show stick-or-switch conundrum (tags: mathematics games ) $1000 smart teapot discontinued (how will I cope?) My favourite bit is when they talk about how they would have needed more time to "educate the market". Because clearly and people who ( Read more... )

New drug dispenser may turn human beings into weapons against mosquitos (tags: mosquito Malaria Technology ) On Rural America: Understanding Isn’t The Problem (tags: religion Education usa politics ) Looking for atheism in the ancient world (tags: history atheism religion ) How to make a nice cup of tea (tags: tea advice ) How you get from ( Read more... )

Oxford reveals interview questions and suggests answers (tags: interview academia Education uk ) How to Address Concerns about Immigration (tags: immigration uk ) Shami Chakrabarti Has 'Sold The Final Bit Of Her Credibility' In Abstaining On Snoopers' Charter (tags: surveillance politics uk ) World record for Queensferry Crossing over Forth ( ( Read more... )