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Japanese Ghost Whale

How the Ancient Japanese Legend of a Vengeful Ghostly Whale Applies to the Modern World

April 12, 2025

Folk Etymology

How Certain Words and Phrases Were Linguistically Adapted to Become More Familiar

August 27, 2025

Dog Button Boards

Teaching Dogs to ‘Talk’ Using Button Boards

June 19, 2025

Magical Words

The Enchanting Origins of Magical Words, Incantations and Affirmations

July 1, 2025

Stylish Cat Names

The Stylish Origins Behind Cat Breed Names

August 19, 2025

Staying Power of Cool

The Multigenerational Staying Power of the Word ‘Cool’

April 30, 2026

Small Bird Survived Asteroid

How a Small Ground Dwelling Bird Survived a Mass Extinction Event Caused by an Asteroid

February 7, 2025

Blood Types PBS

Why There Are So Many Different Human Blood Types

July 20, 2025

1980s Slang Terms

Some of the Gnarliest Slang Terms From the 1980s

January 30, 2025

Attenborough Bigfoot

David Attenborough Investigates the Existence of Bigfoot at the Natural History Museum in London

February 16, 2025