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Ed Simon Considers the Act of Storytelling as a Means of Preserving Our Humor and Humanity in Tumultuous Times

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Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Erin McCarthy and the Team at Mental Floss Examine Some Famous Phrases

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Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

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A Brief History of Cheesy Pasta

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Lawrence Wright Traces the Parallels Between the Black Death and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

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