Courage Wolf: Write “Could Of” or “Would Of.” I Dare You.

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Shakespeare Insult Kit – StumbleUpon

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Am I a Bad Father Because I Let My Daughter Eat M&Ms in Her Mashed Potatoes?

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Breaking News in the Classroom

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Walters researchers decode the secrets of the Archimedes Palimpsest

Of Archimedes, he who allegedly popularized the word “Eureka!”: “His cleverness is beautiful. Understanding Archimedes is like understanding the most elegant joke in the world.” The researchers paid their respects to the 10th-century scribe who copied down works by Archimedes of lasting importance. The palimpsest contains the only version of “On Floating Islands” in Greek…

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To this baby, “A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work”

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Anti-Telemarketing Script | UCAN

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