July 2011
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Word salad →
Word salad is a mixture of random words that, while arranged in phrases that appear to give them meaning, actually carry no significance. The words may or may not be grammatically correct, but the meaning is hopelessly confused. A famous example is Noam Chomsky’s phrase, “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.”
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List of people considered father or mother of a... →
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List of the oldest currently registered Internet... →
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Nazi talking dogs →
During the 1930s and 1940s German animal behaviorists were encouraged to explore whether dogs could be taught to speak or communicate in other ways in order to be useful in the Nazi war effort.
Experiments were carried out to find evidence of telepathy between dog and man.
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Incest in the Bible →
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List of ethnic slurs by ethnicity →
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Western stereotype of the male ballet dancer →
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Curse of Turan →
The Curse of Turan is a belief that Hungarians have been under the influence of a malicious spell for many centuries. The “curse” manifests itself as inner strife, pessimism, misfortune and several historic catastrophes.
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Unsinkable Sam →
Unsinkable Sam (also known as Oscar) was the nickname of a German ship’s cat who saw service in both the Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy during the Second World War, serving on board three vessels and surviving the sinking of all three.
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Strawberry Quik meth →
Strawberry Quik meth is a drug scare from 2007. Drug dealers were allegedly using coloring and flavoring to disguise methamphetamines as Strawberry Quik, thus making them more appealing to children. The story was widely reported in the media, but no cases of children using flavored meth have been verified.
Fox News reported that drug dealers were using pop rocks to disguise the taste of meth and...