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The baby time-lapse trend
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Viewpoint: Is it time to get rid of traffic lights?
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7 questions on sandwiches
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Could France learn to love British beef?
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Why do autocrats do strange things?
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Is it ever acceptable to urinate in public?
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Shark attacks: A magnetic solution?
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The power of the last-minute winner
Mon, 14 May 2012 14:59:59 GMT The power of a great last-minute winner |
How to rebuild a troubled 12-year-old
Mon, 14 May 2012 11:05:33 GMT How to rebuild a troubled youngster? |
The Cold War rival to Eurovision
Sun, 13 May 2012 23:03:50 GMT Why the Soviets wanted their own songfest |
Is Buckingham Palace ugly?
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Extreme breastfeeding
Sat, 12 May 2012 00:06:01 GMT Debate over Time's breastfeeding cover |
Happy New Occasion! How greetings cards are changing
Fri, 11 May 2012 09:26:00 GMT How Easter and pregnancy cards took off |
Will Self: Bring back National Service
Sun, 13 May 2012 01:08:41 GMT Bringing back military service |
Does it matter that Mark Zuckerberg wears a hoodie?
Fri, 11 May 2012 13:46:45 GMT Should Facebook boss always wear hooded top? |
How does the 'bionic' marathon suit work?
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What's the best way to store rainwater?
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Who gets on the FBI's 'top 10' list?
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:05:23 GMT Who gets on the FBI's top 10 list? |
How many soldiers died in the US Civil War?
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:37:13 GMT Is the US Civil War death toll wrong? |
Is it cheaper to put Greek train passengers in taxis?
Sat, 12 May 2012 23:09:29 GMT Is it cheaper to put train passengers in cabs? |
How much rain is needed to ease the drought?
Tue, 01 May 2012 12:29:11 GMT How much rain will ease the drought? |
One maths formula and the financial crash
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:06:02 GMT Can mathematicians be blamed for the crash? |
Are North Koreans really three inches shorter than South Koreans?
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:31:49 GMT Are North Koreans really three inches shorter? |
Short of space in the Russian tundra
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The secret to writing a bestseller in India
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick \MAF-ik\ verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.
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