As anyone who has accidentally typed the phrase “ what the duck ” knows, autocorrect and spellcheck aren’t foolproof.

It took Rushdie five years to write his second novel, which changed his life ... and got him sued.

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NASS pulled this historic footage from the Internet Archive and restored it for YouTube. The original black-and-white clip ...

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By that point, however, it didn’t really matter: Roger meant “received” to soldiers whether it was in the official alphabet or not, and they kept on saying it through later conflicts. It’s unclear ...

In 2002, the two powerful world leaders were invited to settle their differences the old-fashioned way: Combat.

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