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Fact Check: Rumor Says 'Rock-a-Bye Baby' Nursery Rhyme Originated from Muskogee Tribe. Here's What...
Snopes via Yahoo News UK· 3 weeks agoFacebook user Johnny D Baptist Claim: The "Rock-a-bye Baby" nursery rhyme originated from the Native...
Fact Check: A List of Idioms for 'It's Raining Cats and Dogs' in Different Languages Contains...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 months agoX user @AdamCSharp Claim: A post shared on X correctly listed idioms indicating heavy rain in...
The most surprising Mary Poppins trivia you never knew
Yahoo Movies UK· 3 months agoDick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews as Bert and Mary in 1964's Mary Poppins. (Alamy/Disney) Album, Album...
16 Most Distinctive Pubs In London, According To A Local
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOur writer whittles London's most characterful pubs down to these beery boltholes, from 17th-century...
From 'hammered' to 'bladdered', study finds Brits have 546 words for getting drunk
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 4 months agoIn an old stand-up routine, comedian Michael McIntyre once argued that posh people can use any word...
Everyone on dating apps wants banter. But what does that even mean?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAt its most thrilling, banter mimics the buildup and climax of good sex. At its most disappointing,...
Tea, weather and being on time: analysis of 100 million words reveals what Brits talk about most
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoJohn Gomez/Shutterstock Lovely weather today, isn’t it? Time for a cuppa? The way someone talks, and...
10 longest words in the dictionary and how to pronounce them to seriously impress your kids (and...
GoodtoKnow via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoChild speaking with speech bubble written on wall, words Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious written...
Are you a gardener, or a wannabe horticulturalist?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMonty Don has been goading the Twitterati again, waking up the gardening world from its New Year slumber. This time it’s an etymological issue that has...
Differences Between Rational and Irrational Numbers
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoIf a number is a ratio of two integers (e.g., 1 over 10, -5 over 23, 1,543 over 10, etc.) then it is a rational number. Irrational numbers, when written...