TIL the German โ€œรŸโ€ has no historical connection with the Greek โ€œฮฒโ€ or the Gothic โ€œ๐Œฑโ€, but the Germans tried to abolish it too
thelanguagecloset.comยท2dยท
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My "Are you presuming most people are stupid?" test
andymasley.substack.comยท1dยท
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TIL: Tom Lehrer (he of The Elements Song and Poisoning Pigeons In The Park) has placed all his songs in the public domain.
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Did Baby Talk Give Rise to Language?
nytimes.comยท53m
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Delete these words and improve your writing forever
newsletter.weskao.comยท8h
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Launching โ€œDarugarโ€ โ€“ a limited streetwear brand inspired by my grandmotherโ€™s 25 paintings. Only 25 clothing pieces will ever exist.
reddit.comยท15hยท
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Neighborliness
mcrawford.substack.comยท1dยท
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An Interview With Andor’s Creator, Tony Gilroy
kottke.orgยท1d
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Framework for Skill Learning
news.ycombinator.comยท2dยท
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The photographer using AI to reconstruct stories lost to censorship
theverge.comยท1hยท
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โ€œThe Vertue of the COFFEE Drinkโ€: An Ad for Londonโ€™s First Cafe Printed Circa 1652
openculture.comยท1d
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The Business of Betting on Catastrophe
thereader.mitpress.mit.eduยท2dยท
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National Archives to restrict public access starting July 7
archives.govยท21hยท
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Modeling the World in 280 Characters
tympanus.netยท2dยท
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TIL. Astronauts left mirrors on the moon for scientists on earth to bounce lasers off.
today.umd.eduยท11hยท
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Audiences Prove that the Experts Are Dead Wrong
honest-broker.comยท1dยท
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Jane Street Boss Says He Was Duped Into Funding AK-47s for Coup
bloomberg.comยท8hยท
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TIL Employees working for movie theaters in the US are exempted from federal law requiring overtime pay. The clause within the 'Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938...
uscode.house.govยท2dยท
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TIL studies of the archives of the "office of the night", a government office tasked with prosecuting homosexuality in Renaissance Florence, reveals that in a c...
rictornorton.co.ukยท3dยท
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Gemini CLI
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