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The Dot on an i Is Called a Tittle
The dot over a lowercase i or j has its own name, it began as a handwriting helper in medieval manuscripts, and it may be hiding inside the phrase to a T.
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The Village Clock That Is Four Minutes Fast
It has been four minutes fast since 1971, and the village has twice voted, decisively, to leave it exactly as it is.
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Why Do We Whisper Around Very Old Things?
Nobody puts up a sign asking you to lower your voice in front of a thousand-year-old tree, and yet almost everybody does.
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T-Rex Never Met a Stegosaurus — They Missed Each Other by 80 Million Years
Stegosaurus lived around 150 million years ago, T. rex about 68 to 66 million years ago. We are closer in time to T. rex than it was to Stegosaurus.
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Why Honey Keeps Almost Forever
Honey is too dry, too acidic and too sugary for most microbes to survive in, which is why a jar at the back of the cupboard is almost always still good.
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Cleopatra Lived Closer to the Moon Landing Than to the Pyramids
The Great Pyramid was already about 2,500 years old in her time. The first Moon landing came about 2,000 years after her.