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Van Helsing Academic to Action Hero

How Van Helsing Went From Stoic Academic in ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ to Famed Action Hero in Movies

August 9, 2025

Body Part Names

The Latin-Germanic Origins of Body Part Names

January 31, 2025

Self Censoring Language

The Long History Behind Algospeak and Other Euphemistic Self-Censoring Linguistic Terms

July 28, 2025

Evolution of OK

The Evolution of the Universally Understood Word ‘OK’

March 22, 2025

Turtles All the Way Down

The Mythology Behind ‘Turtles All the Way Down’

March 29, 2024

punctuation evolution

How Ancient Punctuation Evolved to Become a Standard Fixture of Modern Grammar

September 25, 2025

LeVar Burton Mister Rogers

LeVar Burton Pays a Visit to ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ in 1998

December 11, 2024

Sloth Using Rope Bridge

Caring Scientist Builds Life-Saving Rope Bridges Between Trees for Wayward Sloths in Costa Rica

April 21, 2025

Extreme Heat Planet Unlivable

How Extreme Heat Will Eventually Make Much of the Earth Completely Unlivable

June 19, 2025

Pumpkin Cringy Words

The Long History Behind Cringey Terms of Endearment

May 13, 2024