The “Literary Machine” for Hands-Free Reading
Have you ever been reading a book and thought, “boy is this physically exhausting”? Neither…
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10 Hilarious Times Darwin Was Having Just the Worst Day
Charles Darwin had a lot of bad days. Some of his finest moments of whining…
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10 Delightful Old-Timey Ways to End Your Letter (or Email)
Modern-day signoffs for letters and emails can be bland at best. So whether you're writing…
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16 Old Verbal Exclamations to Spice Up Your Speech
Bored of saying “Oh my God?” Here are some old-time historical exclamations, or “minced oaths,”…
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Roland the Farter, The Life of a Medieval Flatulist
Roland The Farter Roland the Farter was, as his name would indicate, a professional flatulist.…
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10 of History’s Biggest Fails
History is full of amazing success stories, you know the ones I’m talking about. Abraham…
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Lucille Bogan’s Sexual Songs from the 1930’s Will Make You Blush
By Leslie Addo Editor's Note: this article contains explicit references Modern music has been obsessed…
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Meet the 18th-Century Real-Life ‘Gnomes’ Paid to Sit in a Garden, Dispensing Wisdom
It turns out that the garden gnome that we now use to ornament our garden…
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10 of Mark Twain’s Sickest Burns
Here are Mark Twain's sickest burns. Illustrated Let's just get to it, shall we? 1.…
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Cockaigne, the ‘peasant’s heaven’ where nuns are naked, the sky rains cheese, and wine flows in rivers
What is Cockaigne? We all know that to get in the Christian heaven you have…
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