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The word sycophant has fascinating roots that stem from the ancient Greek fig market. Greek has influenced modern language in ...

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The word “heil” is back in the news because of Ye’s latest song — titled, incredibly enough, “Heil Hitler.” While the name ...

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“Murder”, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, is the deliberate act of unlawful killing, usually accompanied by ...

Egypt’s first interactive platform for learning ancient Egyptian language, the “Hieroglyphs Step by Step” website, has ...

Some have proposed that the “Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite” portion is a reference to bedding, and the goal of ...

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