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Gamers Share Their Favorite Excuses For Map Boundaries in Video Games

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Open world games are getting bigger and bigger. But even the most massive games that feel infinite have their boundaries, and game developers come up with all sorts of ways to justify those map boundaries in interesting ways. They’re all about using their imagination where keeping us in is concerned.  According to one redditor in …
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Americans Reveal Truths About The U.S. That The Rest Of The World Doesn’t Know

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It’s no secret that the U.S. is one of the most influential countries in the world. From its immense political power to the amount of cultural exports it has managed to produce, it’s hard to find another country that hasn’t been touched by its impact in some way — especially if it’s English speaking.  Despite …
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Weird And Overly Literal Translations That Are Both Poetic And Rude

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Language is a wonderful and complex thing. One of the biggest testaments to how interesting humanity can be is that there are still more than 7,000 languages spoken in the world today. It’s a mind-boggling number to think about, but what can get even more confusing is when we try to communicate the meaning from …
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Entertaining Examples Of Unscrupulous Signage

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There is no better insight into the idiosyncrasies of human nature than our deep and enduring love for signage. Both the signs themselves and the fact that they need to be there in the first place show us that as a species, perhaps we’re not as intelligent as we like to make ourselves out to …
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Questionable Images That Must Have A Backstory

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The world is a place full of unsolved mysteries, and we’re not just talking about the metaphysical. Every day, there are things happening that there seems to be no explaining to the untrained eye. Why people choose to do some of the weirder happenings that they take part in is a baffling prospect to many …
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History Teacher Gets Students To Make Memes For Extra Credit, Spicy Takes Ensue

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We have to learn from the past in order to prepare for the future. At least, that’s what everyone would think if history teachers had anything to do with it. The events that shaped the way we are today are fascinating, but they don’t always get taught in that way.  Plenty of people have had …
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10 Obscure Super Mario Facts in Celebration of MAR10 Day

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Did you know that Mario first appeared in a Japanese Donkey Kong arcade game in 1981? Though some say he was originally called «Jumpman,» he was actually unnamed in the original Japanese game. Mario’s creator, Shigeru Miyamoto didn’t expect one of his modest side characters to become so popular, but when the little plumber started …
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Proofreader Offers Useful Pneumonic Devices for Demystifying Words That Are Confusingly Similar

Publicado el por Categorías:educational, english, grammar, informative, insightful, interesting, interesting tweets, knowledge, language, pneumonic, Twitter, Twitter Thread, words

Bear with me, but does one bear it all or bare it all? And speaking of bears, if a bear pays me a compliment, can I complement his compliment with a compliment? Or would that negatively affect the intended effect? The English language is full of cruel tricks. There are many examples of English words …
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Proofreader Offers Useful Mnemonic Devices for Demystifying Words That Are Confusingly Similar

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Bear with me, but does one bear it all or bare it all? And speaking of bears, if a bear pays me a compliment, can I complement his compliment with a compliment? Or would that negatively affect the intended effect? The English language is full of cruel tricks. There are many examples of English words …
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