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Things You Didn’t Know Had Names

  • Kimber StreamsKimber Streams
  • September 11, 2013

In his latest video, John Green of Mental Floss shares names and definitions for 48 things you may not have known had names at all. For example, the area between your eyebrows is called a “glabella” and the foam on top of beer is known as “barm.”

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