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All aboard, we're off to the 2023 Apple Festival at the University of British Columbia, to taste...
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When Spanish missionaries arrived in what is now called Florida, there were 100,000-200,000...
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There's an abiding myth that the landmark dictionaries are the work of one man, in a dusty...
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“The starting point is, and the research questions are all framed by: 'We know it's terrible to...
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It should just be an accurate descriptor of my body, but the word 'fat' has shaped so much more...
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Oh, you thought the Eurovision Song Contest was about songs? Or a fun international TV event that...
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