When is a war not a war? When the British Empire called it an 'emergency' so they didn't have to...
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A lot of people assume that Fiona is a very old Scottish name, but the first known Scottish Fiona...
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133. Cake is Mighter than the Sword
What to do to stick it to the powers that be? Send your message through something they really...
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Today it's the etymologies you requested! And a few you didn't! We've got witches, wizards,...
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How To See The Northern Lights In Norway
Have you ever wondered how to see the Northern Lights in Norway? Are the Northern Lights on...
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Erwin Schrödinger is one of the "fathers of quantum mechanics". He also sexually abused children....
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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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Exclamation; sign of agreement OR disapproval; gendered, but circumstantially gender-neutral;...
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146. Survival: Today, Tomorrow part 1
The Icelandic language has remained so stable over the centuries, speakers can read manuscripts...
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Over the past few years, numerous products and places with the word 'plantation' in their names...
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"You can't redead the dead by you saying something shit," says Cariad Lloyd of Griefcast and...
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From whitewash (the paint) we got whitewashing (the covering up of misdeeds) and from there...
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Grab your stake and crucifix pendant, we're going vampire-hunting! Well,...
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When you're trans and pregnant, some of the vocabulary of pregnancy, birth and parenting might...
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147. Survival: Today, Tomorrow part 2
"It's really good if we can get the changes through here - that can be an inspiration for other...
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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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Chinese is one of the oldest still-spoken languages in the world. But when technologies arrived...
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Couple of easy straightforward questions for us to chew on: 1. What is ‘objectivity’ supposed to...
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The name Tiffany has been around for some 800 years. But you can't name a character in a...
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The term 'queerbaiting' has evolved from meaning entrapment to marketing ploy to drawing "queer...
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