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Bone Wars (en.wikipedia.org)
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Mother lode (en.wikipedia.org)
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Mamihlapinatapai (en.wikipedia.org)
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European polecat (en.wikipedia.org)
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Speaking clock (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 18 hours ago by Plum to c/wikipedia
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XY problem (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by dantheclamman to c/wikipedia
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Roland the Farter (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/wikipedia
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VFX1 Headgear (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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Maple syrup urine disease (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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Fishing cat (en.wikipedia.org)
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Weasel war dance (en.wikipedia.org)
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Locksport (en.wikipedia.org)
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Holmium–magnesium–zinc quasicrystal (en.wikipedia.org)
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I've got your nose (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by dantheclamman to c/wikipedia
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Fig sign (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/wikipedia
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Droste effect (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by Plum to c/wikipedia
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Scapegoat (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by dantheclamman to c/wikipedia
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Law of the instrument (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by dantheclamman to c/wikipedia
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"it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."

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January 6th Dictatorship (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 days ago by frankenswine to c/wikipedia
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/21943620

95 years ago today King Alexander changed the name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to Kingdom of Yugoslavia

…and changed the internal divisions from the 33 oblasts to nine new banovinas.

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Schuhplattler (en.wikipedia.org)
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Lyall's wren (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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Impossible bottle (en.wikipedia.org)
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Fruits and vegetables inside bottles are grown by placing a bottle around the blossom or young fruit and securing it to the plant. The fruit then grows to full size inside the bottle.

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Witch bottle (en.wikipedia.org)
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Wildlife crossing (en.wikipedia.org)
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Beerware (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/wikipedia
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