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"Never do better than the mime."
"Never do better than the mime."
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The Great Wall of China is one of the oldest, largest, and most celebrated achievements of human ingenuity, but there are still a few things you might not know about China’s ancient landmark.
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve used one of the many products that Steve Jobs so famously innovated.
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History is loaded with people who have disappeared without a trace; rarer are the ones who seem to have emerged from nowhere.
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Nutella isn’t ‘Nut-tella,’ and other lies you’ve been told.
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